Patent ID: 9261305
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A47B,F25D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet within which is established a refrigerated compartment defined by a rear wall and side walls, said rear wall being formed with a plurality of spaced elongated pockets, with each of the pockets being defined by pocket side walls interconnected by a back wall; a plurality of ladder rails, each of the ladder rails being mounted in a respective one of the pockets and including a front wall portion, a rear wall portion and a side wall portion interconnecting the front wall portion and the rear wall portion, a distal edge section of the front wall portion being turned inward from a remainder of the front wall portion so as to project toward, yet spaced from, the rear wall portion, the distal edge section defining an in-turned portion that is formed integrally with the front wall portion, with the in-turned portion being spaced from a respective one of the pocket walls, on a lateral side opposite the side wall portion, to establish a slot and being provided with a plurality of vertically spaced and rearwardly projecting hooks; and a shelf mounted upon the plurality of ladder rails within the refrigerated compartment, said shelf including laterally spaced and rearwardly projecting arms with each arm including an anchoring pin, said shelf being supported by the ladder rails in a select vertical position within the refrigerated compartment with the anchoring pin of each arm being retained on a select one of the hooks and the arm projecting through a respective said slot at a lateral position offset from both the anchoring pin and the in-turned portion.