US 3,938,872 AGranted

Shelf retainer for mobile vehicle refrigerators

OwnerLynn W. Hagermaninventor

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Abstract

A retainer device for refrigerators in mobile vehicles such as campers, trailers, motor homes and boats to prevent articles on the refrigerator shelves from inadvertently and suddenly displacing by motion of the vehicle particularly when the door of the refrigerator is opened, the retainer device comprises a pair of adjustable support members horizontally mounted in a spaced, parallel arrangement across the open front of a refrigerator, the support members have a plurality of interconnecting bands of preferably elastic material vertically positioned against the refrigerator shelves when the article retainer is installed, the interconnecting bands having a plurality of bands of preferably less elastic material horizontally arranged across the vertical bands forming a grid to retain articles on the shelves within the refrigerator.

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Dependent claims

In a mobile refrigerator having, in combination, a refrigeration compartment defined by inside walls, an open front, and a door affording access to the refrigeration compartment through the open front, the compartment having at least one shelf for supporting removable articles thereon, the improvement comprising:

an article retaining device including:
a. first elongated adjustable cross-member mounted between the sidewalls;
b. second elongated adjustable cross-member mounted between the sidewalls, and below and parallel to said first cross-member;
each of said cross-members comprising a sleeve member and a slide member with an end telescopically inserted in said sleeve member;
c. means for horizontally mounting said crossmembers between the sidewalls comprising an anchor bracket slidably connected to said sleeve member;
locking means for selectively fixing said anchor bracket to said sleeve member;
a compression spring having a first end contacting said anchor bracket and a second end contacting the end of said slide member said compression spring being compressible between said anchor bracket and the end of said slide member, said cross-members having opposite ends which are forced against said opposing sidewalls when said compression spring is compressed, and;
d. a web comprising a plurality of elastic vertical bands and a plurality of horizontal bands, said plurality of vertical bands each having first ends connected to said first cross-member and second ends connected to said second cross-member.

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