Shelf assembly and holding strut therefor

A holding strut for supporting a receiving plate, the holding strut comprising:

• a strut body in the form of a flat body having a strut form which—when viewed in a plan view of a flat side of the flat body—tapers from a first strut end to an opposite second strut end,
• wherein the strut body has in a region of said first strut end a hook structure for the fitting of the holding strut into a mounting opening of a carrying structure and, at a distance from the hook structure, forms a first support structure for support on a front side, facing the strut, of the carrying structure,
• wherein the strut body provides in the region of the first strut end a resiliently deflectable second support structure for lying with a free end against the front side, facing the strut, of the carrying structure thereby providing a spring biasing force for enhancing a mechanical and electrical contact between the holding strut and the carrying structure in a mounted state of the holding strut, wherein the second support structure is arranged offset with respect to the first support structure in the direction towards the hook structure,
• wherein the strut body is manufactured from a surface-coated metal material, and the strut body forms at the second support structure an electrically conducting contact point that is locally freed of the surface coating for the electrical contacting of the carrying structure.

A shelf assembly for a domestic cooling device, comprising:

• a receiving plate having a front plate edge, a rear plate edge and two lateral plate edges;
• and
• a holding strut on at least one of the lateral plate edges for supporting the receiving plate, wherein the holding strut has in a region of a rear strut end at least one hook structure for fitting the holding strut into a mounting opening of a carrying structure and, at a distance beneath the hook structure, forms a first support structure for support on a front side, facing the strut, of the carrying structure, wherein the first support structure forms part of the rear strut end,
• wherein the holding strut, in the region of the rear strut end, at a distance above the first support structure, provides a resiliently deflectable second support structure for lying resiliently with a free end against the front side, facing the strut, of the carrying structure thereby providing a spring biasing force for enhancing a mechanical and electrical contact between the holding strut and the carrying structure in a mounted state of the holding strut,
• wherein the holding strut has a strut body that is formed of a surface-coated metal material and forms at the hook structure an electrically conductive contact point that is locally freed of the surface coating for the electrical contacting of the carrying structure.