Patent ID: 9593879
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A47B,F25D,H05K

Claim:
1. A U-shaped shelf for a refrigerator cabinet comprising: a left side portion extending at least substantially along a left side of the refrigerator cabinet from a back of the cabinet towards a front of the cabinet which faces a user; a right side portion extending at least substantially along a right side of the refrigerator cabinet from the back of the cabinet towards the front of the cabinet which faces a user; a back portion extending between the left and right side portions, wherein the left, right and back portions define a center portion and form a U-shaped shelf within the refrigerator cabinet; a center shelf within the center portion of the U-shaped shelf, wherein the center shelf at least partially fills the center portion of the U-shaped shelf between the left and right side portions and abuts or nearly abuts the back portion of the U-shaped shelf; and the U-shaped shelf is integrally formed as a single shelf and sized to extend across a width of an interior of the refrigerator cabinet and further comprises a center tuck shelf moveable between a retracted position under the center shelf and an extended position where at least a portion of the tuck shelf extends beyond a front edge of the center shelf; wherein the left side, right side and back portion are sized and configured to retain containers of food or beverage and the left side portion and the right side portion have a width of at least about four inches; and the center shelf is a removable shelf made from glass, plastic, wood, or a wood-look material and the tuck shelf extends to a fully extended position that at least substantially aligns with a front of the left side portion and a front of the right side portion and wherein the tuck shelf, when extended, does not abut the front edge of the center shelf and is not in the same plane, but is a parallel plane.