Patent ID: 6227636
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A47B,A47F,F25D

Abstract:
In a refrigerator including a food storage compartment having an open frontal portion adapted to be selectively closed by a door, a combination shelf and serving tray assembly comprising:a shelf support frame mounted in the compartment in a substantially horizontal plane, said support frame being formed with a pair of laterally spaced, fore-to-aft extending slots; anda tray including a platform for carrying food items, said platform having a substantially planar upper surface portion and a plurality of spaced projections extending from a lower surface and adjacent respective fore-to-aft end portions of the platform, said platform being selectively useable as a shelf within the compartment and as a serving tray outside of the refrigerator wherein, within the compartment, said platform is positioned on the support frame with the projections extending into a respective said slot to enable the platform to slide relative to the support frame, and wherein said platform can be removed from upon the support frame, without removal of the support frame from the compartment, for use as a serving tray which can be stabilized on a support surface, outside the refrigerator, upon the projections.