Refrigerator with height adjustable shelf
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHang-Bok Lee, Sang-Sin Kawk, Seon-Kyu Kim
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Abstract
A height adjustable shelf for a refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a shelf with a pair of guide protrusions formed on opposite side surfaces thereof, and a plurality of guide grooves formed in opposite side surfaces of a refrigerator storage space, at a same interval as the guide protrusions such that the guide protrusions move along the guide grooves. Each of the guide grooves includes an upper end portion, a lower end portion, and a connection portion that connects the upper and lower end portions. Movement of the guide protrusions between the upper end portions and the lower end portions allows a height of the shelf to be adjusted.
Claims13
An adjustable shelf assembly for a refrigerator, comprising:
- a storage surface provided in a storage space of a refrigerator, the storage surface comprising a front shelf portion and a rear shelf portion positioned adjacent to each other;
- a plurality of guide protrusions formed on two opposite ends of each of the front shelf portion and the rear shelf portion;
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- a plurality of guide grooves formed in two opposite interior surfaces of the storage space and configured to receive the plurality of guide protrusions therein, wherein each of the plurality of guide grooves comprises:
- an upper end portion configured to receive and to support a corresponding guide protrusion;
- a lower end portion configured to receive and to support the corresponding guide protrusion;
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- a connecting portion extending between the upper end portion and the lower end portion, wherein the plurality of guide protrusions are configured to move along the plurality of guide grooves so as to adjust a position of the storage surface.
A refrigerator with an adjustable shelf, comprising:
- a plate positioned in a storage space of the refrigerator;
- a plurality of protrusions extending from opposite side edges of the plate;
- a plurality of guide grooves formed in opposite interior side surfaces of the storage space, wherein the plurality of guide grooves are configured to receive the plurality of protrusions therein so as to guide the protrusions along the guide grooves and adjust a position of the plate within the storage space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.