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US 11,229,288 B2Granted
Refrigerator with a sliding shelf
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsEric Scalf, Vinayak Naik, Kirk Lemmen
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Abstract
A refrigerator appliance having one or more sliding shelves. The sliding shelf may slide along one or more tracks. The sliding shelf may include one or more shelf plates. The one or more tracks may be adjustable.
Claims22
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a housing defining at least one compartment;
- at least one door attached to the housing and defining at least a portion of the at least one compartment;
- a first track and a second track positioned within the housing;
- wherein the first track includes a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the first portion of the first track is positionable between a first configuration with the second portion of the first track and a second configuration with the second portion, wherein the second configuration is different from the first configuration;
- at least one sliding shelf positionable within the at least one compartment of the housing, and wherein when the first track is in the first configuration the at least one sliding shelf slides between a stowed position and a deployed position along both the first portion and the second portion of the first track and the second track, and wherein the deployed position is different from the stowed position;
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- a slide mechanism to position the first portion of the first track between the first configuration and the second configuration.
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A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a sliding shelf;
- a first track of a pair of tracks having a slide receiving slot for the sliding shelf to travel between a stowed position and a deployed position;
- the first track having a first portion and a second portion each defining a portion of a length of the slide receiving slot;
- wherein the first portion of the first track is displaced from the second portion of the first track when the sliding shelf is in the stowed position;
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- a slide mechanism displacing the first portion of the first track away from the second portion of the first track.
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A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a first track and second track slidably engaging a first sliding shelf between a stowed position and a deployed position;
- the first track having a sliding track portion and a fixed track portion, and wherein the sliding track portion of the first track is positionable between a first configuration with the fixed track portion of the first track and a second configuration with the fixed track portion, wherein the second configuration is different from the first configuration, wherein the sliding track portion of the first track may be slid away from the fixed track portion of the first track when the first sliding shelf is in the stowed position;
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- wherein the sliding track portion and the fixed track portion of the first track define a slide receiving slot for the first sliding shelf, wherein when the sliding track portion of the first track is in the second configuration the slide receiving slot of the sliding track portion of the first track is misaligned with the slide receiving slot of the fixed track portion of the first track.
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A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a housing defining at least one compartment;
- at least one door attached to the housing and defining at least a portion of the at least one compartment;
- a first track and a second track positioned within the housing;
- wherein the first track includes a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the first portion of the first track is positionable between a first configuration with the second portion of the first track and a second configuration with the second portion, wherein the second configuration is different from the first configuration;
- at least one sliding shelf positionable within the at least one compartment of the housing, and wherein when the first track is in the first configuration the at least one sliding shelf slides between a stowed position and a deployed position along both the first portion and the second portion of the first track and the second track, and wherein the deployed position is different from the stowed position;
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- wherein the first portion and the second portion of the first track define a slide receiving slot for the at least one sliding shelf, wherein when the first portion of the first track is in the second configuration the slide receiving slot of the first portion of the first track is misaligned with the slide receiving slot of the second portion of the first track.
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A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a sliding shelf;
- a first track of a pair of tracks having a slide receiving slot for the sliding shelf to travel between a stowed position and a deployed position;
- the first track having a first portion and a second portion each defining a portion of a length of the slide receiving slot;
- wherein the first portion of the first track is displaced from the second portion of the first track when the sliding shelf is in the stowed position;
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- wherein the first portion of first track is displaced from the second portion of the first track by sliding away from the second portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.