Shelf with three-sided carrier frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11156399-B2
Application number	US-202016999335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2020
Priority date	Aug 21, 2019
Publication date	Oct 26, 2021
Grant date	Oct 26, 2021

Abstract

A shelf for a household refrigeration appliance has a shelf plate, which has a first plate element and a separate second plate element, which is arranged next to the first plate element in a use position in the widthwise direction of the shelf to form the a continuous shelf plate and which can be removed non-destructively to make the shelf plate smaller. The shelf further has a carrier frame, which only borders the edges of the shelf plate. The carrier frame is only configured around three sides of the shelf plate and has a rear frame element and two opposing side frame elements.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shelf for a household refrigeration appliance, the shelf comprising:
a shelf plate having a first plate element and a separate second plate element disposed next to said first plate element in a widthwise direction of the shelf in a use position to form said shelf plate and said second plate element can be removed non-destructively to make said shelf plate smaller;
a carrier frame bordering edges of said shelf plate, said carrier frame is only configured around three sides of said shelf plate and having a rear frame element and two opposing side frame elements;
said rear frame element having a separating web oriented in a direction of a longitudinal axis of said rear frame element, said separating web separating an upper grooved holder formed in said rear frame element from a holding groove formed in said rear frame element and forming part of a stowage unit of the shelf, said holding groove configured below said upper grooved holder;
said upper grooved holder having an upper boundary wall;
said separating web having an upper wall forming a lower boundary wall of said upper grooved holder in a depthwise direction of the shelf and being larger than said upper boundary wall of said upper grooved holder, said upper wall of said separating web having a channel-shaped surface offset running in the widthwise direction of the shelf, at least in a segment in which said second plate element can be positioned, and configured at a point where said upper boundary wall of said upper grooved holder has its front edge in the depthwise direction of the shelf.

2. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein said rear frame element and said side frame elements are separate components, connected to one another in a releasable manner.

3. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein:
said first plate element has a rear edge;
said rear edge of said first plate element being inserted in said upper grooved holder; and/or
one of said side frame elements has a bearing platform that is open at a top, and on which said first plate element rests.

4. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein one of said side frame elements has a side stop, against which a side edge of one of said first and second plate elements rests.

5. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein said rear frame element and one of said side frame elements together define said stowage unit, in which said second plate element can be stowed below said first plate element on the shelf in a non-use state.

6. The shelf according to claim 5 , wherein said one side frame element has an integrated holding groove formed therein being part of said stowage unit.

7. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein said upper boundary wall of said upper grooved holder has a front edge region with an angled inner wall, thereby enlarging a vertical clearance of said upper grooved holder.

8. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein:
said side frame element has a pull-out stop configured thereon; and
when viewed over an entire width of said second plate element measured in the widthwise direction, said upper grooved holder has a depth measured in the depthwise direction, which is greater than a distance, measured in the depthwise direction, between said pull-out stop configured on said side frame element, on which said second plate element can be disposed, and a front edge of an edge protection element.

9. The shelf according to claim 1 , further comprising a securing element, which is disposed in a fixed position on a front edge of said second plate element, said securing element projecting beyond said second plate element in the widthwise direction, so that when said first and second plate elements are in the use position, said securing element engages around a front edge of said first plate element and holds said first and second two plate elements at a same height at a front.

10. The shelf according to claim 9 , wherein an overlap measured in a depthwise direction between said securing element and said front edge is smaller than the depth of said upper grooved holder.

11. The shelf according to claim 1 , further comprising plug-type connections and screw connections, said rear frame element and said side frame elements are separate components, connected to one another in a releasable manner by means of said plug-type connections and said screw connections.

12. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein said separating web has a lower wall that forms an upper boundary wall of said holding groove and is larger in a depthwise direction than a lower boundary wall of said holding groove.

13. The shelf according to claim 12 , wherein said lower wall of said separating web has a straight rear segment and a second, front segment that rises obliquely upward and forward.

14. A shelf for a household refrigeration appliance, the shelf comprising:
a shelf plate having a first plate element and a separate second plate element disposed next to said first plate element in a widthwise direction of the shelf in a use position to form said shelf plate and said second plate element can be removed non-destructively to make said shelf plate smaller; and
a carrier frame bordering edges of said shelf plate, said carrier frame is only configured around three sides of said shelf plate and having a rear frame element and two opposing side frame elements;
said rear frame element having a separating web oriented in a direction of a longitudinal axis of said rear frame element, said separating web separating an upper grooved holder formed in said rear frame element from a holding groove formed in said rear frame element and forming part of a stowage unit of the shelf, said holding groove configured below said upper grooved holder;
said separating web being configured as a hollow profile, in which screw domes are integrated at least for screwing said rear frame element to said side frame elements.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Staud Ralph
• Tischer Thomas
• Cakirca Volkan
• Dagci Oezkan
• Kara Caner
• Gueler Fidan
• Uysal Oezguer

Classifications

• F25D25/02 Primary

  by shelves · CPC title

• F25D2325/021

  Shelves with several possible configurations · CPC title

• F25D2325/022

  Shelves made of glass or ceramic · CPC title

• F25D11/00

  Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators · CPC title