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US 2023/0204281 A1Published application
Refrigerator shelf and related assemblies
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsJulia B. Burke, Daniel Chow, Juan F. Flores, Todd Tunzi
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Abstract
A refrigerator cabinet including a first shelf defining a U-shape, wherein the U-shape is off-center so that a first side of the U-shape is wider than the an opposite, second side of the U-shape, a second U-shaped shelf having left, right and back portions located in a horizontal fashion above the first shelf, and a mounting structure for supporting the first and second U-shaped shelves.
Claims20
A refrigerator shelf, comprising:
- a shelf body defining:
- a back storage portion adjacent a back side of the shelf body and having a depth less than a depth of the shelf body, as defined between the back edge and a front edge of the shelf body;
- a left side storage portion extending from the back storage portion to define a first portion of the front edge of the shelf body;
- and
- a right side storage portion extending from the back storage portion to define a second portion of the front edge of the shelf body;
- wherein the right and left side storage portions are both configured for supporting a food article thereon and are separated from each other across a portion of a width of the shelf body to define an open area therebetween and forward of the back storage portion.
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A refrigerator shelving arrangement, comprising:
- a first refrigerator shelf;
- and
- a second refrigerator shelf positionable above the first refrigerator shelf and including:
- a shelf body defining:
- a back storage portion adjacent a back side of the shelf body and having a depth less than a depth of the shelf body, as defined between the back edge and a front edge of the shelf body;
- a left side storage portion extending from the back storage portion to define a first portion of the front edge of the shelf body;
- and
- a right side storage portion extending from the back storage portion to define a second portion of the front edge of the shelf body;
- wherein the right and left side storage portions are both configured for supporting a food article thereon and are separated from each other across a portion of a width of the shelf body to define an open area therebetween and forward of the back storage portion, the open area configured for selectively accommodating the positioning of a food article supported on the first refrigerator shelf so as to extend into the open area.
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A refrigerator, comprising:
- a cabinet enclosing a liner that defines an interior cavity within the cabinet and having an open side;
- at least one door coupled with the cabinet and selectively enclosing the interior cavity;
- a first shelf disposed within the interior cavity in a first position;
- and
- a second shelf disposed within the interior cavity in a second position above the first shelf and including:
- a shelf body defining:
- a back storage portion adjacent a back side of the shelf body and having a depth less than a depth of the shelf body, as defined between the back edge and a front edge of the shelf body;
- a left side storage portion extending from the back storage portion to define a first portion of the front edge of the shelf body;
- and
- a right side storage portion extending from the back storage portion to define a second portion of the front edge of the shelf body;
- wherein the right and left side storage portions are both configured for supporting a food article thereon and are separated from each other across a portion of a width of the shelf body to define an open area therebetween and forward of the back storage portion, the open area configured for selectively accommodating the positioning of a food article supported on the first refrigerator shelf so as to extend into the open area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.