Shelving Assembly for Refrigerator Compartment

摘要

A shelving assembly includes ladder rails mounted within spaced elongated pockets formed in the rear wall of a refrigerator compartment. Each ladder rail presents a front, side, rear wall portions. Adjacent the front wall portion, a vertical slot is defined, at least in part, by an in-turned portion of the front wall portion. Offset from the slot, the in-turned portion is formed with a plurality of vertically spaced and rearwardly projecting hooks. Each shelf of the assembly includes arms, each having an anchoring pin and a support foot. In mounting the shelf, the support foot and the anchoring pin of each arm are placed through a cutout formed in the front wall portion of a respective ladder, the shelf is arranged in a desired vertical position with the arm sliding within the slot, and then the anchoring pin is supported upon a respective one of the hooks.

主权项

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet within which is established a refrigerated compartment defined, at least in part, by a rear wall; a plurality of ladder rails spaced along the rear wall of the refrigerated compartment, each of the ladder rails including a front wall portion and a plurality of vertically spaced hooks projecting rearwardly from the front wall portion, each of the plurality of hooks defining an arcuate notch; and a shelf mounted upon the plurality of ladder rails within the refrigerated compartment, the shelf including laterally spaced and rearwardly projecting arms with each arm including an anchoring pin, the shelf being adjustably supported by the plurality of ladder rails in a select vertical position within the refrigerated compartment with the anchoring pin of each arm being retained in a respective said arcuate notch on a select one of the plurality of hooks.