Patent ID: 7337730

Claim:
A shelf assembly particularly adapted to effect selective vertical adjustment of a shelf in a refrigerator compartment absent inadvertent, accidental or undesired downward shelf movement during vertical adjustment thereof comprising a substantially U-shaped in transverse cross section vertical trackway, a shelf; said shelf including a forward portion, a rearward portion slidingly disposed within said trackway and a medial portion between said forward and rearward portions; said vertical trackway including a plurality of vertically spaced latching means for selective latching engagement with latching means at said rearward portion of said shelf, a vertically extending guide channel provided adjacent a front of said vertical trackway allowing vertical adjustment of said shelf, said trackway including means for automatically stopping undesired downward vertical travel of said shelf relative to said trackway after the unlatching of said shelf and trackway latching means by a bottom portion of said shelf rearward portion pivoting into abutment with a rearward portion of said trackway, said stopping means including a stop member disposed within said trackway and projecting toward said shelf, said stop member being spaced a distance below at least several of said plurality of spaced latching means, and means for securing said trackway in a refrigerator compartment.