Patent ID: 8746818

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet including a first compartment and an opening for receiving items to be refrigerated; a door shiftably mounted relative to the cabinet for selectively accessing the first compartment; and a beverage storage rack mounted on the door and including: a peripheral frame member having spaced side portions interconnected by a frontal section and a rear section; a base member fixed to and extending below and between the side portions of the peripheral frame member; and an angled support member interconnected to the peripheral frame member and the base member, said angled support member including front and rear segments, with the front segment of the angled support member and the frontal section of the peripheral frame member including a series of aligned arcuate portions, with the arcuate portions of the frontal section of the peripheral frame member and the front segment of the angled support member being spaced in a fore-to-aft direction and arranged at different heights, wherein: a) the beverage storage rack is configured to support a first type of container in an upright configuration with a bottom of the first type of container resting on the base member, lower side portions of the first type of container being positioned between the frontal section of the peripheral frame member and the rear segment of the angled support member, and an upper side portion of the first type of container extending adjacent a rear section of the peripheral frame member; and b) the beverage storage rack configured to support a second type of container in an angled configuration with a bottom of the second type of container abutting the rear segment of the angled support member, while spaced side portions of the second type of container rest upon the aligned arcuate portions of the front segment of the angled support member and the frontal section of the peripheral frame member.