Patent ID: 8282178

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet shell including a food storage compartment having a back wall; and a shelf assembly including: a first shelf bracket extending from the back wall, said first shelf bracket including a first shelf support flange and a first support arm; a second shelf bracket extending from the back wall, said second shelf bracket including a second shelf support flange and a second support arm; a shelf panel having a front edge portion, a back edge portion and a central portion between the front and back edge portions; and a back frame member including a shelf panel interface portion receiving the back edge portion of the shelf panel and attaching the back frame member to the back edge portion of the shelf panel, the back frame member further including at least one support hook, distinct from the shelf panel interface portion, extending rearward from the shelf panel interface portion and removably interengaged with the first and second support flanges at a position above a bottom surface of the shelf panel wherein, with the at least one support hook of the back frame member engaged with the first and second shelf support flanges of the first and second shelf brackets, the central portion of the shelf panel is supported on the first and second support arms of the first and second shelf brackets and the front edge portion of the shelf panel extends beyond the first and second shelf brackets in a cantilevered fashion.