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US 12,708,224 B2Granted
Refrigerator appliance
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJos Nieuwlaat, Joannes Sebastiaan Cornelis Emmen
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Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a rear side and a door opposite the rear side at a front of the cabinet. A panel is disposed at the rear side of the cabinet and includes an integrally moulded first shelf support for supporting a rear end of a shelf. A second shelf support is spaced from the first shelf support and arranged to support a front and/or side of the shelf. The second shelf support includes a rail having a plurality of attachment positions for a clip to support the shelf.
Claims19
A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet comprising a rear side and a door opposite the rear side at a front of the cabinet;
- a panel forming the rear side of the cabinet and comprising an integrally moulded first shelf support for supporting a rear end of a shelf;
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- a second shelf support spaced from the first shelf support and arranged to support a front and/or side of the shelf;
- wherein the second shelf support comprises a first rail having a plurality of attachment positions for a first clip attachable to one of the plurality of attachment positions of the first rail, and a second rail having a plurality of attachment positions for a second clip attachable to one of the plurality of attachment positions of the second rail, and wherein the plurality of attachment positions of the first rail are provided by openings in the first rail and the plurality of attachment positions of the second rail are provided by openings in the second rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.