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US 6,186,608 B1Granted
Adjustable height package retainer for a refrigerator door
AssigneeAmana Company, L.P.
InventorJohn J. Pink
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Abstract
A multiple height package retainer for a refrigerator door and a method for adjusting an adjustable height package retainer for a refrigerator door includes a shelf body and a retainer member. The retainer member may have a first position and a second position for holding packages of varying height.
Claims10
An adjustable height package retainer for a refrigerator door comprising:
- a shelf body having a first opening, a second opening, and a bottom wall;
- a retainer member having at least one leg, and a retaining segment, the retainer member having first and second positions, and the retainer member having first and second heights, the first position corresponding to the first height, and the second position corresponding to the second height;
- the retainer member being disposed with respect to the shelf body in the first position with the at least one leg fitting matingly into the first opening in the shelf body, whereby the retaining segment is disposed at the first height from the bottorr wall of the shelf body;
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- the retainer member being disposed with respect to the shelf body in the second position with the at least one leg fitting matingly into the second opening in the shelf body, whereby the retaining segment is disposed at the second height from the bottom wall of the shelf body.
2 more elements
An adjustable height package retainer for a refrigerator door comprising:
- a retainer member having at least one leg, the at least one leg being irregularly shaped;
- a shelf body having at least one opening, the at least one opening being irregularly shaped, the at least one irregularly shaped opening matingly receiving the at least one irregularly shaped leg in a first orientation, and in the first orientation, the at least one irregularly shaped leg penetrates the at least one irregularly shaped opening to a first depth, and the at least one irregularly shaped opening matingly receiving the at least one irregularly shaped leg in a second orientation, and in the second orientation the at least one irregularly shaped leg penetrates the at least one irregularly shaped opening to a second depth.
A method for adjusting the height of an adjustable height package retainer for a refrigerator door comprising the steps of:
- providing a shelf body having a first opening, a second opening, and a bottom wall;
- providing a retainer member having a first leg, a second leg, and a retaining segment;
- inserting the first leg into the first opening, and inserting the second leg into the second opening, thereby positioning the retaining segment to a corresponding first height from the bottom wall of the shelf body;
- removing the first leg from the first opening, and removing the second leg from the second opening;
- inserting the first leg into the second opening in the shelf body, and inserting the second leg into the first opening of the shelf body, thereby positioning the retaining segment to a corresponding second height from the bottom wall of the shelf body.
2 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerator housing;
- a refrigerator door;
- an adjustable height package retainer disposed on the refrigerator door, the adjustable height package retainer having a shelf body, the shelf body having a first opening, a second opening, and a bottom wall, the adjustable height package retainer having a retainer member, the retainer member having at least one leg, and a retaining segment, the retainer member having first and second positions, and the retainer member having first and second heights, the first position corresponding to the first height, and the second position corresponding to the second height, the retainer member being disposed with respect to the shelf body in the first position with the at least one leg fitting matingly into the first opening in the shelf body, whereby the retaining segment is disposed at the first height from the bottom wall of the shelf body, and the retainer member being disposed with respect to the shelf body in the second position with the at least one leg fitting matingly into the second opening in the shelf body, whereby the retaining segment is disposed at the second height from the bottom wall of the shelf body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.