Shelving Assembly for Refrigerator Compartment

A refrigerator comprising:

• a cabinet within which is established a refrigerated compartment defined, at least in part, by a rear wall;
• a plurality of ladder rails spaced along the rear wall of the refrigerated compartment, each of the plurality of ladder rails including a front wall portion, a rear wall portion and a side wall portion, a distal edge section of the front wall portion being turned inward from a remainder of the front wall portion so as to project rearwardly, the side wall portion interconnecting and maintaining a spacing between the front and rear wall portions such that a receiving zone is established within each said ladder rail, with the front wall portion being formed with at least one cutout opening to the receiving zone and the distal edge section being provided with a plurality of vertically spaced and rearwardly projecting hooks;
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• a plurality of shelves for mounting upon the plurality of ladder rails within the refrigerated compartment, each of the plurality of shelves including laterally spaced and rearwardly projecting arms with each arm including an anchoring member, and each of the shelves being configured to be supported by the plurality of ladder rails in a select vertical position within the refrigerated compartment with the anchoring member of each said arm being introduced into the receiving zone through the at least one cutout and retained on a select one of the plurality of hooks.

A method of mounting a shelf within a refrigerated compartment of a refrigerator comprising:

• mounting a plurality of ladder rails at spaced locations along a rear wall of the refrigerated compartment, each of the ladder rails including a front wall portion and a plurality of vertically spaced hooks projecting rearwardly from the front wall portion, each of the plurality of hooks defining an arcuate notch;
• inserting an anchoring pin projecting from an arm of a shelf into a receiving zone of a respective one of the plurality of ladder rails;
• shifting the shelf vertically relative to the plurality of ladder rails in order to locate the shelf in a desired vertical position within the refrigerated compartment;
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• positioning the anchoring pin in a respective said arcuate notch and upon a select one of the plurality of hooks to mount the shelf for use in supporting food items within the refrigerated compartment.