Patent ID: 7950755

Claim:
A shelf for a piece of furniture, or for a refrigerator, comprising: a panel for supporting articles; an accessory that is placed, in a position of use, in a free space of a corresponding side of the shelf; and at least one structure made of plastic on at least one region of a periphery of the panel, wherein the structure is configured to allow the shelf to be installed in a frame of the piece of furniture, wherein the structure supports, on one of two opposite faces of the structure that are situated in the plane of the panel, a first attachment mechanism which attaches the accessory, in the position of use, in the free space of the corresponding side of the shelf, wherein the accessory includes a second attachment mechanism, wherein one of the first and second attachment mechanisms includes two lugs which each include a boss on an interior thereof, and the other of the first and second attachment mechanisms includes two elongated openings that each include a bulged portion, and wherein, when the accessory is installed in the position of use, the accessory is supported on a single longitudinal side of the shelf by mutual engagement between the first and second attachment mechanisms such that the bulge of each respective one of the two elongated openings is clipped behind the boss of a corresponding one of the two lugs so as to prevent all movement of the accessory relative to the shelf in a horizontal plane that is substantially parallel to the panel once installed.