Patent ID: 8356865

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a.) a cooling compartment; b.) a first refrigerated goods carrier movable between an extended disposition in which the first refrigerated goods carrier is extended at least partially out of the cooling compartment and a retracted disposition in which the first refrigerated goods carrier is more fully disposed in the cooling compartment than in the extended disposition; c.) a pair of telescopic extensions that support the first refrigerated goods carrier for movement between the extended disposition and the retracted disposition, each of the pair of telescopic extensions having a vertical side that is adjacent to a respective vertical side of another of the pair of telescopic extensions and an upper arm extending horizontally away from the vertical side in a direction perpendicular to the vertical side, and the pair of telescopic extensions being movable relative to one another during movement of the first refrigerated goods carrier between the extended disposition and the retracted disposition; and d.) at least one adapter including: a base unit having a vertical side surface; and a horizontal bar extending from an upper end of the base unit in a direction perpendicular to the vertical side surface of the base unit, the horizontal bar of the at least one adapter disposed on an upper surface of the upper arm of one of the pair of telescopic extensions, the vertical side surface of the at least one adapter abutting the vertical side of the one of the pair of telescopic extensions, the vertical side surface of the at least one adapter including an adapter latching element and the vertical side of the one of the pair of telescopic extensions including a corresponding extension latching element, the adapter latching element being latched with the corresponding extension latching element to secure the at least one adapter to the one of the pair of telescopic extensions, and the at least one adapter disposed between the pair of telescopic extensions and the first refrigerated goods carrier and supporting the first refrigerated goods carrier on the one of the pair of telescopic extensions.