Spillproof shelf assembly for refrigerators, freezers and the li

Details Spillproof shelf assembly for refrigerators, freezers and the li Spillproof shelf assembly for refrigerators, freezers and the li

1996-04-26

1997-10-14

Epstein, Henry F.

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49501, 108 27, 428 14, 428 45, 428358, E06B 716

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056770308

ABSTRACT:
A shelf assembly for refrigerators, freezers and the like including a glass shelf, an extruded edge trim wrapped around and enclosing the peripheral edges of the shelf, and a shelf supporting unit including a pair of side brackets connected together by spaced apart front and rear bars, the edge trim having a U-shaped construction for receiving the peripheral edges of the shelf therein, so that the edge trim provides a rectangular frame arrangement around the shelf to form a raised dam barrier adjacent the peripheral edges of the shelf to prevent any spilled liquid from running off an upper surface of the shelf, thus making the shelf spillproof. Cut-out securement openings are provided in the shelf edge trim to receive the front and rear bars therein, one of the bars being hooked in one pair of cut-outs, and the other one of the bars being snapped into the other pair of cut-outs. In one modified embodiment, a sealing fin of soft, resilient, flexible and deformable material is provided longitudinally along an upper free end of the U-shaped edge trim to provide a tight seal between the edge trim and the shelf.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2646326 (1953-07-01), Stanitz
patent: 4031665 (1977-06-01), Abramson
patent: 4349994 (1982-09-01), Maekawa
patent: 5332611 (1994-07-01), Shanok et al.

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