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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1992
Keith E Kropf, Newton, IA (US);
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Abstract
A basket and mounting arrangement for use in a refrigerator/freezer storage compartment is disclosed. The basket is provided with a plurality of generally longitudinally extending support rails which are carried on each side of the basket and which are adapted to be slidably received in a pair of guide members secured to opposing sidewalls of the storage compartment. In one embodiment, the plurality of support rails comprise a first pair which are located on opposite sides of the basket in a substantially horizontal first plane and a second pair of support rails which are located on opposite sides of the basket and are vertically spaced a predetermined distance from the first pair of support rails in a substantially horizontal second plane. Either pair of support rails can be readily engaged with the pair of guide members to alter the vertical position of the basket. The basket is constructed in a manner such that the support rails are laterally spaced a predetermined distance from the sidewalls of the basket in order to prevent interference with the movement of the basket by goods stored therein. The guide members are integrally formed with upstanding abutment flanges which engage stop members carried by the support rails to limit sliding movement of the basket.