# US 2014/0152166 A1 · Adjustable drawer divider

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- Number: US 2014/0152166 A1
- Document ID: US20140152166A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/705,863
- Filed: 2012-12-05
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-05
- Assignees: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
- Applicants: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
- Inventors: Christopher Baum; William Lee Moody; Caleb Gossens; Benjamin Mobley
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152166A1

## CPC

- F25D 25/022: {Baskets}
- A47B 88/90: Constructional details of drawers
- A47B 88/994: in the form of trays or inserts
- F25D 25/025: {Drawers}
- A47B 2210/175: Refrigerators or freezers
- F25D 23/021: {Sliding doors}
- F25D 23/069: {Cooling space dividing partitions}
- F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B)
- A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B)

## Abstract

An assembly comprising a storage receptacle includes a front panel, a rear panel, a first side panel joining the front panel to the rear panel and a second side panel joining the front panel to the rear panel. The front panel, the rear panel and the first and second side panels define a storage space within the confines of the front panel, the rear panel and the first and second side panels. A divider is located within the storage space and extends between the front panel and the rear panel and divides the storage space into storage space sections. A spring operated mechanism engages the divider to selectively maintain the divider in place in the storage space and allows for the position of the divider to be adjusted between the first side panel and the second side panel, whereby the dimensions of the storage space sections can be adjusted.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An assembly comprising:
a storage receptacle including a front panel having a first end and a second end, a rear panel having a first end and a second end, a first side panel joining the first end of the front panel to the first end of the rear panel and a second side panel joining the second end of the front panel to the second end of the rear panel, the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel and the second side panel configured to define a storage space within the confines of the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel and the second side panel;
a divider located within the storage space and extending between the front panel and the rear panel and dividing the storage space into storage space sections; and
a spring operated mechanism operatively engaged with the divider to selectively maintain the divider in place in the storage space and allow for positioning of the divider within the storage space to be adjusted between the first side panel and the second side panel, whereby dimensions of the storage space sections can be adjusted.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1 wherein the storage receptacle comprises a basket in a freezer compartment of a household bottom mount refrigerator.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1 wherein the divider includes an upper edge, the rear panel includes an upper edge and the spring operated mechanism includes a handle that extends along the upper edge of the divider between a front end of the handle located adjacent the front panel and a rear end of the handle located at the rear panel, the front end of the handle being secured to the divider, and the rear end of the handle resting on the upper edge of the rear panel and movable along the upper edge of the rear panel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The assembly of claim 3 wherein the storage receptacle comprises a basket in a freezer compartment of a household bottom mount refrigerator.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The assembly of claim 3 including a support bar extending between the first side panel and second side panel adjacent the front panel of the storage receptacle, the front end of the handle being slidably supported at the support bar.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The assembly of claim 5 wherein the storage receptacle comprises a basket in a freezer compartment of a household bottom mount refrigerator.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The assembly of claim 5 wherein each of the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel and the second side panel have a bottom edge and the storage receptacle includes a bottom panel joined to each of the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel and the second side panel at each of the bottom edges of the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel and the second side panel and at least substantially closing off the bottom of the storage space, and the spring operated mechanism includes a compression spring arrangement located between the handle and the upper edge of the divider urging the handle and the divider away from one another.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The assembly of claim 7 wherein the storage receptacle comprises a basket in a freezer compartment of a household bottom mount refrigerator.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The assembly of claim 7 wherein the divider includes a grasping site located adjacent the upper edge of the divider that allows the divider to be grasped and moved towards the handle against the urging of the compression spring arrangement, thereby allowing the divider to be adjusted between the first side panel and the second side panel of the storage receptacle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The assembly of claim 9 wherein the storage receptacle comprises a basket in a freezer compartment of a household bottom mount refrigerator.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The assembly of claim 9 wherein the upper edge of the rear panel includes a plurality of alternating upwardly facing projections and recesses and a projecting portion of the divider includes a plurality of alternating downwardly facing projections and recesses arranged so as to be in a good meshing relationship with the alternating upwardly facing projections and recesses included at the upper edge of the rear panel when the divider is maintained in place in the storage space of the storage receptacle, and the alternating downwardly facing projections at the projecting portion of the divider are disengaged from the good meshing relationship with the recesses between the alternating upwardly facing projections at the upper edge of the rear panel so that the downwardly facing projections can pass over the alternately upwardly facing projections at the upper edge of the rear panel when the divider is grasped and moved towards the handle, whereby a position of the divider can be adjusted in the storage space of the storage receptacle.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The assembly of claim 11 wherein the storage receptacle comprises a basket in a freezer compartment of a household bottom mount refrigerator.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The assembly of claim 12 wherein the front end of the handle is secured to the divider by means of a securing device that requires an application of a tool in order to release the front end of the handle from the divider.