Basket mounting arrangement for a refrigerator

A basket mounting arrangement in combination with a domestic refrigerator having a cavity with a rear wall, side walls and an open front, the mounting arrangement comprising:

• a pair of basket support wall rails mounted to the side walls of the refrigerator, each of the basket support wall rails providing a first trackway receiving groove extending horizontally along the side walls;
• a first lower basket extending between the side walls and having spaced apart horizontally extending side support arms adapted to slidably engage a respective first trackway of the basket support wall rails to mount the first lower basket in the refrigerator for sliding horizontally movement out through the open front, the first lower basket including spaced apart horizontally extending upper support arms, and the upper supporting arms of the first lower basket being positioned rearwardly in the horizontal direction than the remainder of the first lower basket;
• a pair of upper basket support rails fixedly mounted to respective ones of the upper support arms of said first lower basket, each of the upper basket support rails providing a second trackway receiving groove extending horizontally above and along the upper support arms;
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• a second upper basket extending between the upper support arms of the first lower basket and having spaced apart horizontally extending lower support arms adapted to slidably engage a respective second trackway of the upper basket support rails to mount the second upper basket relative to the first lower basket for sliding horizontally movement forward and backward above and relative to the first lower basket, and the second upper basket having a horizontal surface area less than the first lower basket.

A dual basket mounting arrangement in combination with a domestic refrigerator having a cavity with a rear wall, side walls and an open front, and the dual basket mounting arrangement comprising a first lower basket mounted in the refrigerator between the side walls for sliding movement through the open front of the refrigerator, the first lower basket having spaced apart horizontally extending upper support arms;

• a pair of upper basket support rails fixedly mounted to respective ones of the upper support arms of said first lower basket, each of the upper basket support rails providing a second trackway receiving groove extending horizontally above and along the upper support arms, each of the horizontally extending upper support arms of the first lower basket comprising an elongate rail having at least one depending flat tab surface with a fastener receiving aperture, and each of the upper basket support rails including a channel portion positioned below the second trackway thereof partially surrounding a respective one of the upper support arms, the channel having a lower wall from which depends at least one flat surface boss with a fastener receiving aperture, the flat boss surface engaging in flush relation the flat tab surface and a fastener securing the flat boss with the flat tab whereby the upper basket support rail is prevented from twisting about the corresponding upper support arm of the first lower basket;
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• a second upper basket laterally extending between the upper support arms of the first lower basket and having spaced apart horizontally extending lower support arms adapted to slidably engage a respective second trackway of the upper basket support rails to mount the second upper basket relative to the first lower basket for sliding horizontally movement forward and backward above and relative to the first lower basket.

A basket mounting arrangement in combination with a domestic refrigerator having a cavity with a rear wall, side walls and an open front, the mounting arrangement comprising:

• a pair of basket support wall rails mounted to the side walls of the refrigerator, each of the basket support wall rails providing a first trackway receiving groove extending horizontally along the side walls;
• a first lower basket extending between the side walls and having spaced apart horizontally extending side support arms adapted to slidably engage a respective first trackway of the basket support wall rails to mount the first lower basket in the refrigerator for sliding horizontally movement out through the open front, the first lower basket including spaced apart horizontally extending upper support arms;
• a pair of upper basket support rails fixedly mounted to respective ones of the upper support arms of said first lower basket, each of the upper basket support rails providing a second trackway receiving groove extending horizontally above and along the upper support arms, and each of the horizontally extending upper support arms of the first lower basket comprising an elongate rail having at least one depending flat tab surface with a fastener receiving aperture, and each of the upper basket support rails including a channel portion positioned below the second trackway thereof partially surrounding a respective one of the upper support arms, the channel having a lower wall from which depends at least one flat surface boss with a fastener receiving aperture, the flat boss surface engaging in flush relation the flat tab surface and a fastener securing the flat boss with the flat tab whereby the upper basket support rail is prevented from twisting about the corresponding upper support arm of the first lower basket;
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• a second upper basket extending between the upper support arms of the first lower basket and having spaced apart horizontally extending lower support arms adapted to slidably engage a respective second trackway of the upper basket support rails to mount the second upper basket relative to the first lower basket for sliding horizontally movement forward and backward above and relative to the first lower basket.