Shelf assembly for a domestic cooling appliance

A domestic cooling appliance comprising:

• a cabinet having a set of inner walls defining a cooling space, the set of inner walls including an inner rear wall;
• a door mounted to the cabinet to close the cooling space;
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• a shelf assembly provided in the cooling space, the shelf assembly comprising:
• a shelf panel having a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of lateral edges extending between the front edge and the rear edge;
• a pair of left and right metal support brackets each disposed adjacent a respective one of the pair of lateral edges of the shelf panel, each of the pair of left and right support brackets includes at least one mounting member for mounting to the inner rear wall;
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• one or more coupling members for coupling the shelf panel to the pair of left and right support brackets, at least a first coupling member of the one or more coupling members being designed as an elongated U-shaped metal profile defining only a first pocket, wherein the shelf panel engages the first pocket,
• wherein the first coupling member is fixedly attached to an upper edge of a first support bracket of the pair of left and right metal support brackets by a weld connection.