Shelf support bracket system for glass refrigerator shelf and refrigerator shelf assembly using same
AssigneesBSH Hope Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsCetin Abdullah Celik, Felix Hänßler, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk
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Abstract
A shelf support bracket system for a transparent refrigerator shelf of a refrigerator, including: an unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket having mounting hooks at one end for mounting to an inside wall of the refrigerator; and a decorative cover sleeve slidably disposed over the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket so as to cover a substantial portion thereof. The decorative cover sleeve has an upper surface serving as an attachment surface that is configured to receive the transparent refrigerator shelf.
Claims17
A shelf support bracket system for a transparent refrigerator shelf of a refrigerator, comprising:
- an unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket having mounting hooks at one end for mounting to an inside wall of the refrigerator, the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket comprising a top surface and a bottom surface;
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- a decorative cover sleeve slidably disposed over the top surface and the bottom surface so as to cover a substantial portion of the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket, the decorative cover sleeve having an upper surface serving as an attachment surface that is configured to receive the transparent refrigerator shelf, the upper surface being substantially flat and without openings from a front end of the upper surface to a rear end of the upper surface, wherein the decorative cover sleeve further comprises an end cap with a plurality of clips configured to engage with a forward end of the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket to prevent the decorative cover sleeve from sliding off of the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket.
A refrigerator shelf assembly for a refrigerator, comprising:
- a glass refrigerator shelf;
- a pair of shelf support bracket systems, wherein each of the pair of shelf support bracket systems comprises:
- an unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket having mounting hooks at one end for mounting to an inside wall of the refrigerator, the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket comprising a top surface and a bottom surface;
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- a decorative cover sleeve slidably disposed over the top surface and the bottom surface so as to cover a substantial portion of the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket, the decorative cover sleeve having an upper surface serving as an attachment surface that receives the glass refrigerator shelf, the upper surface being substantially flat and without openings from a front end of the upper surface to a rear end of the upper surface, wherein the decorative cover sleeve further comprises an end cap with a plurality of clips configured to engage with a forward end of the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket to prevent the decorative cover sleeve from sliding off of the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket;
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- an adhesive disposed on the attachment surface of each of the pair of shelf support bracket systems and which adheres the glass refrigerator shelf to the pair of shelf support bracket systems.
A refrigerator having a casing defining an inside wall having a plurality of vertical tracks with openings therein, comprising:
- a glass refrigerator shelf;
- a pair of shelf support bracket systems, wherein each of the pair of shelf support bracket systems comprises:
- an unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket having mounting hooks at one end which are mounted to the openings of a corresponding one of the vertical tracks on the inside wall of the refrigerator, the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket comprising a top surface and a bottom surface;
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- a decorative cover sleeve slidably disposed over the top surface and the bottom surface so as to cover a substantial portion of the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket, the decorative cover sleeve having an upper surface serving as an attachment surface that receives the glass refrigerator shelf, the upper surface being substantially flat and without openings from a front end of the upper surface to a rear end of the upper surface, wherein the decorative cover sleeve further comprises an end cap with a plurality of clips configured to engage with a forward end of the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket to prevent the decorative cover sleeve from sliding off of the unfinished metal, load-bearing support bracket;
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- an adhesive disposed on the attachment surface of each of the pair of shelf support bracket systems and which adheres the glass refrigerator shelf to the pair of shelf support bracket systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.