US3212836A - Adjustable cantilever shelves - Google Patents

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US3212836A
US3212836A US303626A US30362663A US3212836A US 3212836 A US3212836 A US 3212836A US 303626 A US303626 A US 303626A US 30362663 A US30362663 A US 30362663A US 3212836 A US3212836 A US 3212836A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/30—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports
    • A47B57/32—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of grooved or notched ledges, uprights or side walls
    • A47B57/34—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of grooved or notched ledges, uprights or side walls the grooved or notched parts being the side walls or uprights themselves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/0018—Display racks with shelves or receptables
    • A47F5/0025—Display racks with shelves or receptables having separate display containers or trays on shelves or on racks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves

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  • refrigerator cabinet means for supporting refrigerator shelves, fruit and vegetable drawers (commonly known as crispers) and meat drawers. It had been proposed to make the shelves adjustable, so that their locations can be changed somewhat, but ordinarily the extent of possible adjustment is somewhat limited, wasting much space and affording less space for the storage of food.
  • One of the features of the present invention is to provide in a refrigerator cabinet cantilevered article retaining means that are movable to a desired position, both horizontally as well as vertically, with the article retaining means being in the form of shelves, vegetable and fruit containers, meat containers and the like.
  • Another feature of the invention is to provide such a construction having flexibility in the movement of shelves so that the shelves may be pulled out or removed without interference by the door or its complements, particularly when the door is precluded from opening more than 90 by, for instance, a wall or cabinet.
  • Another feature of the invention is to provide improved cantilevered article retaining means that may be moved to a desired position while the means is held essentially horizontal so as not to disturb articles retained thereon.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front elevation of a refrigeratorfreezer cabinet embodying the invention with the door omitted from the refrigerator section for illustrative purposes.
  • FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view of the embodiment of FIGURE 1, partially in section.
  • FIGURE 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view of a portion of FIGURE 2.
  • FIGURE 4 is an enlarged sectional detail view of a portion of the embodiment of FIGURES l and 2.
  • FIGURE 5 is a view similar to FIGURE 3 but on a smaller scale and illustrating a second embodiment of the invention.
  • each support member 11 is provided with a vertical flange 12 spaced forwardly of the wall means 10 with all the flanges being substantially in the same vertical plane.
  • each support member 11 comprises a horizontal forwardly extending part 13 and the front vertical flange 12 extending upwardly from the front thereof.
  • the vertically spaced, substantially horizontal support members 11 may be a part of the wall 10 of the refrigerator cabinet or the support members 11 may be removable for cleaning.
  • FIGURE 3 One construction is illustrated in FIGURE 3 in which a plurality of members 11 are integral with a vertical rear plate 30, a series of which may be attached to the cabinet.
  • each rear plate 30 and attached members 11 may be a metal extrusion such as aluminum.
  • the cantilevered article retaining means or shelf 14 is made up of a pair of side supports 14a having the usual cross wires 15 thereon.
  • the rear of the supports 14a are provided with hooks 16 (FIGURE 3) adapted to hook over a flange 12 and lower foot portions 17 each adapted to bear against the front surface of a lower flange 12. With this construction the shelf 14 is securely held in position regardless of the weight of articles placed on the shelf.
  • each shelf 14 is narrower in over-all width than the length of the support members 11 so that the shelf may be arranged in the desired horizontal position from side to side of the cabinet 18.
  • each shelf may also be arranged in the desired vertical position within the cabinet 18. This, of course, makes the shelving arrangement extremely versatile so that almost any arrangement of shelving desired can be obtained, and then easily changed to a new arrangement.
  • a very important advantage of the cabinet structure of this invention is this wider latitude in positioning the shelf both vertically and horizontally.
  • the shelf 14 may easily be moved to a vertical position even when loaded with articles, as the shelf may be held horizontal so as not to disturb the articles, lifted to remove it from the flanges 12 and then remounted on other flanges in a different location, all without disturbing the articles.
  • the article retaining means may be in the form of fruit and vegetable or meat retaining pans 19.
  • Each pan is provided with an upper side flange 20 slidably supported in a horizontal groove 21 that is located in side supports 22 similar to the side supports 14a of the shelf 14.
  • the side supports 22 are provided with hooks 23 similar to the hooks 16 and foot portions 24 similar to the foot portions 17.
  • the pan 19 may be positioned as desired from the cabinet wall means 10.
  • FIGURE 1 A convenient arrangement of the pans 19, when the door (not shown) opens to the right against a wall, is illustrated in FIGURE 1 in which two pans are vertically stacked. An alternate and usual position for one of the pans 19 is illustrated by the broken lines at the bottom of FIGURE 1.
  • FIGURE 5 illustrates a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the rear wall 10 of the cabinet 18 is provided with vertical brackets 25 having vertically spaced recesses 26 that open upwardly and outwardly.
  • the cantilevered article retaining means 27 which is illustrated in FIGURE 5 in the form of a shelf is supported by a recess engaging portion 28 adapted to be held in a recess 26 and a foot portion 29 adapted to bear rearwardly against the vertical bracket 25.
  • the retaining means 27 may be moved to adjusted position, either vertically or horizontally, and will be retained securely in place.
  • the supporting features of the FIGURE 5 embodiment may, of course, be applied to a pan structure of the type illustrated in FIGURE 4.
  • a cabinet comprising: wall means in said cabinet; a series of vertically spaced substantially horizontal sup port members on said wall means, said support members being arranged in groups made up of a plurality of support members and with each group being an extrusion of substantially uniform cross section; and a cantilevered article retaining means having support member engaging means at an inner end for support from said support member at a desired vertical elevation, said article retaining means being narrower than the length of said support members for positioning at desired locations along said support members.
  • a refrigerator cabinet comprising: a wall means in said cabinet; a series of vertically spaced substantially horizontal support members each having a vertical flange on and spaced forwardly of said Wall means, said support members being arranged in groups made up of a plurality of support members and with each group being an extrusion of substantially uniform cross section; and a cantilevered article retaining means having support member engaging means at an inner end for support from a said support member at a desired vertical elevation, said engaging means including a hook portion adapted to engage a said flange and a foot portion adapted to bear against a lower said flange, said hook and foot portions also being spaced from said wall means when thusly engaging said flanges to space said article retaining means away from said refrigerator cabinet wall means, said article retaining means being narrower than the length of said support members for positioning at desired locations along said support member,

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DE19641451127 DE1451127A1 (de) 1963-08-21 1964-07-22 Verstellbare freitragende Fachboeden,insbesondere fuer Kuehlschraenke
GB32511/64A GB1020988A (en) 1963-08-21 1964-08-10 Improvements in or relating to cabinets comprising adjustable cantilever supports
CH1076664A CH441401A (fr) 1963-08-21 1964-08-18 Armoire, notamment armoire frigorifique
ES0303299A ES303299A1 (es) 1963-08-21 1964-08-20 Mejoras introducidas en la construcciën de armarios
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US3575484A (en) * 1969-05-12 1971-04-20 Gen Motors Corp Convertibel cantilevered shelf
US3897103A (en) * 1972-06-05 1975-07-29 Alberto Rosselli Article of office furniture
US4335292A (en) * 1979-05-09 1982-06-15 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. High frequency oven with drawer type door
US5273354A (en) * 1991-03-07 1993-12-28 Donnelly Corporation Molded refrigerator shelf and support bracket
US5297486A (en) * 1991-08-14 1994-03-29 Donnelly Corporation Bracket and shelf
US5362145A (en) * 1991-03-07 1994-11-08 Donnelly Corporation Molded refrigerator shelf
US5403084A (en) * 1991-03-07 1995-04-04 Donnelly Corporation Molded refrigerator shelf with snap-in slide
US5441338A (en) * 1991-03-07 1995-08-15 Donnelly Corporation Snap-on shelf
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US5592886A (en) * 1994-01-31 1997-01-14 Amco Corporation Adjustable wall-mounted system for shelves
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US6530485B1 (en) 2000-08-25 2003-03-11 Uniweb, Inc. Display units and bracket system
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US3311072A (en) * 1966-04-01 1967-03-28 Gen Electric Cantilever slide-out shelf
US3575484A (en) * 1969-05-12 1971-04-20 Gen Motors Corp Convertibel cantilevered shelf
US3897103A (en) * 1972-06-05 1975-07-29 Alberto Rosselli Article of office furniture
US4335292A (en) * 1979-05-09 1982-06-15 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. High frequency oven with drawer type door
US5362145A (en) * 1991-03-07 1994-11-08 Donnelly Corporation Molded refrigerator shelf
US5273354A (en) * 1991-03-07 1993-12-28 Donnelly Corporation Molded refrigerator shelf and support bracket
US5403084A (en) * 1991-03-07 1995-04-04 Donnelly Corporation Molded refrigerator shelf with snap-in slide
US5429433A (en) * 1991-03-07 1995-07-04 Donnelly Technology, Inc. Molded refrigerator shelf
US5441338A (en) * 1991-03-07 1995-08-15 Donnelly Corporation Snap-on shelf
US5454638A (en) * 1991-03-07 1995-10-03 Donnelly Technology, Inc. Adjustable refrigerator shelving
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US5297486A (en) * 1991-08-14 1994-03-29 Donnelly Corporation Bracket and shelf
US5406894A (en) * 1991-08-14 1995-04-18 Donnelly Technology, Inc. Shelving system
US5592886A (en) * 1994-01-31 1997-01-14 Amco Corporation Adjustable wall-mounted system for shelves
US5622010A (en) * 1995-08-18 1997-04-22 Weber; Karl F. Modular pharmacy
US6530485B1 (en) 2000-08-25 2003-03-11 Uniweb, Inc. Display units and bracket system
WO2003008884A1 (en) * 2001-07-16 2003-01-30 Maytag Corporation Refrigerator shelves with rolled hook for cantilever fastening
US20060266349A1 (en) * 2005-04-29 2006-11-30 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Cooking oven chamber
US20150090676A1 (en) * 2011-11-30 2015-04-02 Brian Anthony Florek Award Display Apparatus
US9629485B2 (en) * 2011-11-30 2017-04-25 Brian Anthony Florek Award display apparatus
USD806408S1 (en) * 2013-04-01 2018-01-02 Barbara Bailey Womble Clothing display
US9277820B2 (en) 2014-04-30 2016-03-08 Wipro Limited Stabilizing mechanism for a shelf assembly
WO2017137240A1 (de) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-17 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Haushaltsgerätevorrichtung
WO2017137239A1 (de) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-17 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Haushaltsgerätevorrichtung
WO2017137238A1 (de) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-17 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Haushaltgerätevorrichtung
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