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US 10,704,825 B2Granted
U-shaped tuck shelf
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsJulia B. Burke, Daniel Chow, Juan F. Flores, Todd Tunzi
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Abstract
A refrigerator cabinet including a first shelf defining a U-shape, wherein the U-shape is off-center so that a first side of the U-shape is wider than the an opposite, second side of the U-shape, a second U-shaped shelf having left, right and back portions located in a horizontal fashion above the first shelf, and a mounting structure for supporting the first and second U-shaped shelves.
Claims13
A refrigerator cabinet comprising:
- a first shelf defining a U-shape, wherein the U-shape is off-center so that a first side of the U-shape is wider than an opposite, second side of the U-shape;
- a second U-shaped shelf having left, right and back portions located in a horizontal fashion above the first shelf, the left and right portions each defining a storage surface having a width of at least about four inches and configured for supporting food items thereon, respective left and right slots being defined within the left and right portions adjacent to the storage surfaces and open to a center of the U-shape of the second shelf, the left and right slots further extending below the back portion;
- a generally planar tuck shelf removably positioned within the slots for slidable coupling with the second U-shaped shelf, with the tuck shelf being outwardly extendable to a position within the center of the second U-shaped shelf;
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- a mounting structure for supporting the first and second U-shaped shelves.
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