Refrigerator shelf

A refrigerator shelf assembly, comprising:

• a pair of shelf brackets, wherein each of the pair of shelf brackets is a separate, single-piece unitary component, wherein each of the pair of shelf brackets comprises a shelf arm and a shelf panel support flange, wherein each shelf arm is disposed in substantially parallel spaced relationship to the other of the shelf arms, and wherein each shelf panel support flange is disposed in a substantially common plane that is substantially normal to its associated shelf arm;
• a shelf panel having a planar lower surface;
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• an adhesive located between an upper surface of each shelf panel support flange and the planar lower surface of the shelf panel for directly adhesively bonding the same to each other so that the adhesive is the sole connection between the shelf panel and each of the pair of shelf brackets,
• wherein the refrigerator shelf assembly is used in a refrigerator.

A shelf, comprising:

• a pair of shelf brackets for mounting inside a refrigerator, wherein each of the pair of shelf brackets is a separate, single-piece unitary component, wherein each of the pair of shelf brackets comprises a shelf arm and a shelf panel support flange, wherein each shelf arm is disposed in substantially parallel spaced relationship to the other shelf arm, wherein each shelf panel support flange is disposed in a substantially common plane with the other, and which is substantially normal to its associated shelf arm;
• a shelf panel comprising four sides and a planar lower surface;
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• an adhesive located between an upper surface of each shelf panel support flange and a planar lower surface of the shelf panel for directly adhesively bonding the same to each other so that each of the pair of shelf brackets is connected by the adhesive between each shelf panel support flange and the shelf panel,
• wherein there is no additional shelf bracket connecting said pair of shelf brackets to one another.

A refrigerator shelf assembly comprising:

• a pair of metal shelf brackets, wherein each of the pair of shelf brackets is a separate, single-piece unitary component, wherein each of the pair of shelf brackets comprises a shelf arm and a shelf panel support flange, wherein each shelf arm is disposed in substantially parallel spaced relationship to each other, wherein each shelf panel support flange is disposed in a substantially common plane which is substantially normal to its associated shelf arm;
• a tempered glass shelf panel, the shelf panel comprising two substantially parallel sides opposite one another and a planar lower surface;
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• an adhesive located between an upper surface of each shelf panel support flange and a planar lower surface of the shelf panel for directly adhesively bonding the same to each other so that each of the pair of shelf brackets is connected by the adhesive along one of the parallel sides and not along any other side of the shelf panel, and
• wherein the adhesive connection between the pair of shelf brackets and the shelf panel maintains the shelf substantially rigidly united.

A refrigerator shelf assembly for mounting to an inside wall of a refrigerator, comprising:

• a support structure consisting of a first shelf bracket for mounting to the inside wall of the refrigerator and a second shelf bracket for mounting to the inside wall of the refrigerator, wherein the second shelf bracket is separate from the first shelf bracket,
• the assembly further comprising a shelf panel having a pair of side edges, a front edge, a rear edge, and a planar lower surface;
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• an adhesive located between the planar lower surface of the shelf panel and each of the first shelf bracket and the second shelf bracket of the support structure so that the adhesive bonding between each of the first shelf bracket and the second shelf bracket and the shelf panel maintains the shelf assembly substantially rigidly united,
• wherein each of the first shelf bracket and the second shelf bracket is a single-piece unitary component.