Patent ID: 8915561

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a fresh food compartment; a shelf assembly positioned within the fresh food compartment, the shelf assembly including: a first shelf rail and a second shelf rail, the first and second shelf rails being attached to the fresh food compartment; a first slide and a second slide, the first slide being movably attached to the first shelf rail and the second slide being movably attached to the second shelf rail, wherein the first slide and the second slide are slidingly movable between a retracted position and an extended position; a first shelf portion attached to the first slide, the first shelf portion including at least one projection, wherein the first shelf portion is configured to pivot between a lowered position and a raised position; and a second shelf portion attached to the second slide, the second shelf portion including at least one receiving portion, the at least one receiving portion configured to selectively engage the at least one projection of the first shelf portion; wherein each of the first shelf portion and the second shelf portion are slidingly movable between the retracted position and the extended position, further wherein the first shelf portion includes a stop member that is configured to prevent the first shelf portion from pivoting between the lowered position and the raised position when the first shelf portion is in the extended position.