Patent ID: 7744173

Claim:
A storage receptacle retainer system for use in a refrigerator with a slidable door having a linear opening and closing movement, the door having a front face facing a direction of the opening movement, the storage receptacle retainer system comprising: a first latch component carried on the slidable door, a movable storage receptacle having a second latch component engageable with the first latch component, the receptacle being located in a refrigeration compartment, at least one of the latch components being carried on a manually movable mechanical member selectively movable by the user in a plane parallel to the front face of the door between a first position wherein the first latch component is engaged with the second latch component causing the storage receptacle to be removed from the refrigerator compartment upon the sliding open of the door, and a second position wherein the first latch component is disengaged from the second latch component causing the storage receptacle to remain entirely within the refrigeration compartment upon the sliding open of the door, unless the storage receptacle is manually moved by the user, and a mounting arrangement for the movable storage receptacle which permits the storage receptacle to be capable of slidable movement into and out of the refrigeration compartment when the latch components are disengaged.