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US 2006/0186775 A1Published application
Storage compartment for a refrigerator door
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorsChristoph Becke, Silvia Gerstner, Siegfried Grasy
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Abstract
A storage compartment for a refrigerator door has a box-shaped body and a compartment divider. The compartment divider can be attached to a longitudinal wall of the box-shaped body and extends over more than half of a depth of the box-shaped body. A space for holding small items is provided by the compartment divider.
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A storage compartment for a refrigerator door, the storage compartment comprising:
- a box-shaped body having a longitudinal wall and a given depth;
- a compartment divider attached to said longitudinal wall and extending over more than half of said given depth, said compartment divider defining a chamber for holding small items;
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- wherein said compartment divider has a rider disposed over said longitudinal wall for attaching said compartment divider to said longitudinal wall, said rider having an inner surface and at least one vertical rib formed on said inner surface.
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A refrigerator door comprising:
- a storage compartment connected to the refrigerator door and including a first longitudinal wall disposed adjacent to the refrigerator door, a second longitudinal wall spaced apart from the first longitudinal wall and extending substantially parallel to the first longitudinal wall, and a slot formed in the first longitudinal wall, the storage compartment having a width dimension extending along the first longitudinal wall in a substantially horizontal direction, a depth dimension extending between the first and second longitudinal walls, and a height dimension extending along the first longitudinal wall in a substantially vertical direction;
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- a compartment divider including a rider forming a substantially flat hook portion, the rider engaging the slot and restricting movement of the compartment divider with respect to the storage compartment along the width dimension.
A refrigerator door comprising:
- a storage compartment connected to the refrigerator door and including a first longitudinal wall disposed adjacent to the refrigerator door, a second longitudinal wall spaced apart from the first longitudinal wall and extending substantially parallel to the first longitudinal wall, and a slot formed in the first longitudinal wall, the storage compartment having a width dimension extending along the first longitudinal wall in a substantially horizontal direction, a depth dimension extending between the first and second longitudinal walls, and a height dimension extending along the first longitudinal wall in a substantially vertical direction;
- a compartment divider including a rider forming a substantially flat hook portion, the rider engaging the slot and restricting movement of the compartment divider with respect to the storage compartment along the width dimension
- wherein the rider includes multiple ribs extending in a substantially vertical direction and the slot includes multiple grooves formed within the first longitudinal wall and extending in a substantially vertical direction, the multiple ribs engaging the multiple grooves to restrict movement of the compartment divider with respect to the storage compartment along the width dimension;
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- wherein the compartment divider includes a first short sidewall disposed adjacent the first longitudinal wall and connected to the rider, a second short sidewall spaced apart from the first short sidewall, and two long sidewalls extending between the first and second short sidewalls on opposing sides of the compartment divider, the compartment divider defining a chamber formed within the first and second short sidewalls and two long sidewalls for receiving items.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.