Wine refrigerator white shelf having elastic support members

• US 7,377,397 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2004
• Issued: 05/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Dong-Hoon, Lee, Tae-Hee, Kim, Yong-Gu, Yun, Young-Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdi; Kambiz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Maguire; Lindsay M.
• Application Number:
  US11/013,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20050258118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,257 Days
• Field of Search: 211/134, 211/153, 211/60.1, 211/126.14, 211/135.5, 211/74, 211/85.22, 211/85.18, D73/04, 108/152, 312/128, 312/351, 174/42, 426/592
• US Class Current: 211/134
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 55/02 made of wire
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 73/002 Racks made of wire
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 73/008 with attachment means for fixing in another cupboard or rack
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 2500/13 Vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/803 Bottles
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/809 Holders
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 25/02 by shelves
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2500/02 Geometry problems

Abstract

The present invention discloses a shelf of a wine refrigerator including a frame disposed inside a chill room in the horizontal direction, a plurality of support wires formed long inside the frame in the forward and backward directions of the frame at predetermined intervals in the right and left directions of the frame, and a plurality of elastic support members inserted onto each support wire, for elastically supporting wine bottles.

Claims

1. A shelf of a wine refrigerator, comprising:

a frame disposed inside a chill space of the refrigerator with horizontality;

a plurality of support wires formed long inside the frame in the forward in backward directions of the chill room space at predetermined intervals in the right and left directions of the frame, for horizontally supporting a wine bottle places on the support wires;

a plurality of elastic support members inserted onto each support wire and constructed to be adjustably spaced along each support wire to fit under and support a horizontally disposed wine bottle; and

first and second support units inserted onto two mutually adjoining support wires,

wherein the first and support units support elastically the wine bottle to reduce vibrations transferred from operational components of the wine refrigerator to the horizontally supported wine bottle; and

wherein the elastic support members are slidably inserted onto the support wires.

2. The shelf of claim 1, wherein the elastic support members inserted onto each support wire comprise first and second support units having a same dimension.

3. The shelf of claim 2, wherein the first support units support the lower portion of the wine bottle, and the second support units support the middle portion of the wine bottle.

4. The shelf of claim 2, wherein cutting grooves are formed in the longitudinal direction of the first and second support units at the lower ends of the first and second support units.

5. The shelf of claim 1, wherein the elastic support members are made of rubber.