Patent ID: 7229143

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet shell; a liner arranged in the cabinet shell and defining a food compartment; a door attached to and movable relative to the cabinet shell in order to selectively access the food compartment; at least one shelving unit provided in the food compartment, said at least one shelving unit including front, rear, bottom and opposing side walls and being adapted to support food items thereon; and a retainer assembly for securing food items on the at least one shelving unit, said retainer assembly including a divider element slidably mounted over an upper edge of the front wall for movement along a defined axis relative to the at least one shelving unit and dividing the at least one shelving unit into first and second laterally spaced storage zones, and a biasing member attached to the at least one shelving unit, extending along and closely adjacent to the front wall, and secured to the divider element so as to urge the divider element in a predetermined direction, wherein food items positioned on the at least one shelving unit are automatically engaged by the divider element in order to be maintained in a snug configuration in the first storage zone while maintaining the second storage zone available as additional storage space.