Adjustable shelf for a cooling device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9631858-B2
Application number	US-81134808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2008
Priority date	Dec 31, 2007
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

A shelf ( 5 ) for a cooling device having supporting walls ( 4 and 104 ) of different sizes and forms and joined with each other from at least one edge so that either the first support wall ( 4 ) or the second support wall ( 104 ) are almost vertically upward to the supporting wall which enables goods disposed thereon to be carried by supporting them from below while the other supporting wall supports the goods from the sides.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooling device ( 1 ) comprising a body ( 2 ) wherein goods are disposed, at least one door ( 3 ) providing access to inside of the body ( 2 ) and at least one shelf ( 5 ) having a first supporting wall ( 4 ) and a second supporting wall ( 104 ) wherein the first supporting wall ( 4 ) and the second supporting wall ( 104 ) are of different sizes and forms and are joined almost vertically to each other by at least one edge each to form a base and a guard and wherein the at least one shelf can be coupled in different positions to the door ( 3 ) by selecting from the group consisting of either
a I. position wherein the first supporting wall ( 4 ) is horizontal and the second supporting wall ( 104 ) is vertical above the first supporting wall ( 4 ) enabling the first supporting wall ( 4 ) to carry the goods by serving as the base and the second supporting wall ( 104 ) to serve as the guard above the base and support the goods, or
a II. position wherein the second supporting wall ( 104 ) is horizontal and the first supporting wall ( 4 ) is vertical above the second supporting wall ( 104 ) enabling the second supporting wall ( 104 ) to carry the goods by serving as the base and the first supporting wall ( 4 ) to serve as the guard above the base and support the goods.

2. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 1 , wherein the first supporting wall ( 4 ) is wider than the second supporting wall ( 104 ).

3. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 2 , wherein the first supporting wall ( 4 ) is flat-shaped and the second supporting wall ( 104 ) is cavernous-shaped.

4. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 3 wherein the shelf ( 5 ) further comprises a holder ( 6 ), wherein the holder ( 6 ) couples the shelf ( 5 ) to the door ( 3 ).

5. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 4 , wherein the shelf ( 5 ) further comprises a U-shaped first retainer ( 7 ) mounted to the holder ( 6 ) in the first position.

6. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 5 , wherein the shelf ( 5 ) further comprises a U-shaped second retainer ( 107 ) positioned vertically to the first retainer ( 7 ) and mounted to the holder ( 6 ) in the second position.

7. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 6 wherein the shelf ( 5 ) includes a rear side which remains empty in either the I. position or the II. position, and which is shaped as a rectangular prism having open upper and rear sides.

8. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 1 , wherein the first supporting wall ( 4 ) is flat-shaped and the second supporting wall ( 104 ) is cavernous-shaped.

9. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 1 wherein the shelf ( 5 ) further comprises a holder ( 6 ), wherein the holder ( 6 ) couples the shelf ( 5 ) to the door ( 3 ).

10. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 9 , wherein the shelf ( 5 ) further comprises a U-shaped first retainer ( 7 ) mounted to the holder ( 6 ) in a first position.

11. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 9 , wherein the shelf ( 5 ) further comprises a U-shaped second retainer ( 107 ) positioned vertically to the first retainer ( 7 ) and mounted to the holder ( 6 ) in a second position.

12. The cooling device ( 1 ) as in claim 1 wherein the shelf ( 5 ) includes a side which remains empty in either the I. position or the II. position, and which is shaped as a rectangular prism having open upper and rear sides.

Assignees

• Mirza Alper
• Mutlu Sati
• Arcelik As

Inventors

• Mirza Alper
• Mutlu Sati

Classifications

• F25D23/04 Primary

  with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners · CPC title

• F25D2325/021

  Shelves with several possible configurations · CPC title