Refrigerator shelf

A shelf comprising a pair of metal shelf brackets and a shelf panel, said shelf brackets each including a shelf arm and a shelf panel support flange, said shelf arms being disposed in substantially parallel spaced relationship to each other, said shelf panel support flanges being disposed in a substantially common plane which is substantially normal to its associated shelf arm, means between an upper surface of each shelf panel support flange and a lower surface of said shelf panel for adhesively bonding the same to each other, each shelf arm including an upper longitudinally extending edge portion, each shelf panel support flange being defined by a portion of its associated upper longitudinally extending edge portion, each shelf bracket including at least one second flange, said at least one second flanges being disposed in a substantially common plane which is substantially normal to its associated shelf arm, said common planes define a distance corresponding substantially to the thickness of said shelf panel, and said shelf panel includes side edge portions each disposed between one each of said shelf panel support and second flanges.

A shelf comprising a pair of metal shelf brackets and a shelf panel, said shelf brackets each including a shelf arm and a shelf panel support flange, said shelf arms being disposed in substantially parallel spaced relationship to each other, said shelf panel support flanges being disposed in a substantially common plane which is substantially normal to its associated shelf arm, means between an upper surface of each shelf panel support flange and a lower surface of said shelf panel for adhesively bonding the same to each other, each shelf arm includes at least upper edge portion projecting upwardly beyond its shelf panel support flange, and each opposite side edge of said shelf panel is contiguous an adjacent shelf arm upper edge portion.

A shelf comprising a pair of metal shelf brackets and a tempered glass shelf panel, said shelf panel having at least one pair of substantially parallel opposite ground edges, said shelf brackets each including a shelf arm and a shelf panel support flange, said shelf arms being disposed in substantially parallel spaced relationship to each other, said shelf panel support flanges being disposed in a substantially common plane which is substantially normal to its associated shelf arm, means between an upper surface of each shelf panel support flange and a lower surface of said shelf panel for adhesively bonding the same to each other, and said adhesive bonding means being the sole means for maintaining said shelf substantially rigidly united.