Storage system for refrigerators

• US 5,626,407 A
• Filed: 05/10/1996
• Issued: 05/06/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bongard Family Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Emplast, Inc.
• Inventors: Westcott, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE
• Application Number:
  US08/643,307
• Time in Patent Office: 361 Days
• Field of Search: 312/404, 312/408, 312/405.1, 312/351, 211/34, 211/75, 211/87, 211/88, 211/94, 108/42, 108/108, 248/235, 248/243, 248/222.51
• US Class Current: 312/408
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 73/008 with attachment means for fixing in another cupboard or rack
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/067 Horizontal rails as suspension means in a cantilever arrangement suspension fittings for cabinets to be hung on walls A47B95/008
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0846 Display panels or rails with elongated channels; Sliders, brackets, shelves, or the like, slidably attached therein
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2325/022 Shelves made of glass or ceramic
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/803 Bottles
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/809 Holders
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 25/02 by shelves

Abstract

An improved storage system for use in refrigerators is disclosed. The system includes a rack which can be supported from a wire or glass shelf in the refrigerator against the refrigerator'"'"'s wall. The rack includes means for supporting a plurality of containers which could include trays, bottle holders or the like.

Claims

1. An improved storage system in which a plurality of trays, each including a receptacle, are configured to be mounted in selected positions adjacent one another on a rack, the improvement comprising:

(a) said rack including (i) a vertically oriented surface, (ii) a plurality of retaining hooks projecting from said vertically oriented surface, each retaining hook having an inner surface, (iii) a plurality of support members projecting from said vertically oriented surface, each support member associated with at least one of said retaining hooks, and (iv) at least one mounting member projecting above said vertically oriented surface and terminating in an inwardly extending top flange, and (v) a biasing member cooperating with said mounting member to hold the rack in a desired position; and

(b) each of said plurality of trays including an attachment member having a first wall projecting outwardly from the receptacle and a second wall projecting upwardly from said first wall so that when said tray is mounted to said rack, said first wall rests on at least one of said support members of said rack and said second wall engages the inner surface of at least one of said retaining hooks of said rack.

2. The improved storage system of claim 1 wherein said biasing member has a top portion which is forked.

3. The improved storage system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said trays is designed to hold a pair of bottles.

4. The improved storage system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said trays can hold a plurality of items.