Whirlpool Corporation

Kailash Shravan More

Vinay Mahantgauda Patil

Anant Karanjikar

Sunil Patil

Umakant Suresh Katu

Jackson Felipe Karl

Chad Jonathan Rotter

Vishal Shankar Marathe

Abinash Sarma

Mahalingappa Chudamani Mulimani

Kundan S Rawate

Deeptiranjan Barik

Lalit Madhukar Suryawanshi

Mahesh Edake

Kiran Waghmare

Ravindra Mali

Anup R Khandekar

Nilesh Zanwar

Samadhan Tanaji Pandhare

A refrigerator shelf includes a plate, a frame, and a cover. The plate is configured to support items disposed within a refrigerator. The frame is configured to support the plate. The frame has a front beam, a rear beam, a first side beam, and a second side beam, each engaging and supporting the plate. The cover is secured to the front beam.

Refrigerator and corresponding shelving system

A refrigerator shelving system includes a nest, a boss, and a shelf. The boss extends outward from the shelf. The boss is configured to engage the nest to maintain the shelf in a stowed position. The boss is configured to disengage the nest to transition the shelf to an operational position.

Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator

An appliance door assembly includes a front panel spaced apart from a rear panel. A door adjustment assembly is coupled with the rear panel and includes a housing that defines a cavity. A driven member is positioned within the cavity and extends at least partially from the housing. The driven member is movable between a first position and a second position. A driving member is rotatably engaged with the driven member and is configured to rotate the driven member. A bracket is coupled with the door adjustment assembly at a first end and coupled with the rear panel at a second end. The bracket abuts the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the first position and is spaced apart from the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the second position.

Adjustment assembly for appliance door

A refrigerator shelving system includes a first shelf, a second shelf, and a slide member. The first shelf has ramped surfaces defining a guideway and a nest disposed within the guideway. The second shelf is suspended from the first shelf. The slide member is secured to the second shelf. The slide member is configured to slide linearly relative to the second shelf. The slide member has a protrusion extending outward therefrom. In response to upward forces acting on the second shelf, the protrusion engages the ramped surfaces and the nest to transition between operational and stowed positions.

A refrigerator shelving system includes an upper shelf, suspenders, rails, and a lower shelf. The upper shelf has nests disposed along a bottom side of the upper shelf. The suspenders are rotatably secured to the upper shelf. The rails are suspended from the upper shelf via the suspenders. The lower shelf is slidably secured to the rails and has bosses extending laterally outward therefrom. Each of the bosses are configured to engage one of the nests to maintain the lower shelf in a stowed position. The lower shelf is configured to slide forward from the stowed position to an intermediate position via the rails to disengage the bosses from the nests. The lower shelf is configured to rotate downward and rearward via the suspenders to transition from the intermediate position to an operational position.

A refrigerator drawer includes a front wall, a rear wall, first and second opposing sides walls, an adjustable partition wall, and first and second rollers. The front and rear walls define first and second slots, respectively. The first and second opposing sides walls each extend between the front and rear walls such that the front, rear wall, and side walls define an internal storage space. The partition wall is disposed within the storage space. The partition wall has first and second ends extending outward and through the first and second slots, respectively. The first and second rollers are attached to the first and second ends on opposing sides of the front and rear walls, respectively. The first and second rollers are configured to roll along exterior surfaces of the front wall and rear wall, respectively, to adjust distances between the partition wall and the side walls.

Refrigerator and storage system for a refrigerator

A shelving system includes a first shelf, rollers, hangers, and a second shelf. The first shelf has an upper surface and defines tracks below the upper surface. The rollers are disposed within the tracks. The hangers are rotatably secured to the rollers. The second shelf is rotatably secured to the hangers. The second shelf is configured to rotate about the rollers via the hangers upon engagement between the rollers and stops to transition from a lower position to an upper-forward position. The second shelf is configured to slide rearward from the upper-forward position to an upper-rearward position. The second shelf is configured to nest with the first shelf in the upper-rearward position.

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Pune, India

Kailash Shravan More