Patent ID: 8262177

Claim:
A shelf assembly for use in a refrigerator, said shelf assembly comprising: a shelf panel comprising a single glass panel; said shelf panel comprising a generally planar glass shelf portion, a front perimeter bent glass region, a rear perimeter bent glass region and side perimeter bent glass regions; said front perimeter bent glass region, said rear perimeter bent glass region and said side perimeter bent glass regions being upwardly angled relative to said generally planar glass shelf portion; said upwardly angled side perimeter bent glass regions and said upwardly angled front and rear perimeter bent glass regions cooperating to provide a substantially continuous upwardly angled perimeter lip around said generally planar glass shelf portion; said side perimeter bent glass regions having upwardly angled lower attachment surfaces; a pair of support rails, each of said support rails having a generally vertical portion and an angled portion that extends at an angle from an upper edge region of said generally vertical portion, said angled portions of said support rails being angled to generally correspond to the angle of said upwardly angled side perimeter bent glass regions of said shelf panel, said angled portions of said support rails being bonded via a cured adhesive layer along said lower attachment surfaces of said side perimeter bent glass regions of said shelf panel; and wherein each of said support rails includes an attachment element at an end portion of said support rail that is proximate said rear perimeter bent glass region of said shelf panel, and wherein said attachment element is configured to attach to an attaching structure of a refrigerator to mount said shelf assembly at the refrigerator.