Patent ID: 7111914
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. In a refrigerator having a door including an outer panel and an inner liner, a combination tilt-out and pick-off basket assembly for holding articles for refrigeration comprising: a basket frame including a bottom wall, opposing side walls, and at least two mounting members, each of the opposing side walls being provided with a laterally opening aperture, said basket frame being removably supported on the inner liner through the mounting members in a manner which enables the entire basket frame to be readily picked-off the inner liner, a basket including a front wall portion, a bottom wall portion, a back wall portion and a pair of laterally outwardly projecting pivot shafts, said pivot shafts being snap-fittingly mounted within the laterally opening apertures such that the basket is pivotally attached to the basket frame for movement between a retracted position, wherein the basket is substantially recessed within the basket frame, and a tilt-out position, wherein a substantial body portion of the basket is exposed outside the basket frame to enhance access to articles stored in the basket; and stop means for limiting a permissible degree of pivoting of the basket relative to the basket frame, said stop means including a track, provided in the basket frame, and a stop element extending from the basket, said track including first and second end walls, wherein the stop element projects into the track and, upon pivoting of the basket relative to the basket frame, abuts one of the first and second end walls to limit a degree of pivoting of the basket relative to the basket frame.