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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
May. 23, 1994
Michael S Kauffman, Lincoln Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Patrick A Braun, Ohio Township, Warrick County, IN (US);
Donna J Heacock, Henderson, KY (US);
Jeffrey A DeBoer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes an adjustable utility compartment and sliding shelf. Particularly, the refrigerator includes a door having an inner door panel including a rear wall extending between opposite vertical sidewalls. The utility compartment is removably mounted to the inner door panel adjacent a first one of the sidewalls. A shelf trim piece extends between the sidewalls and is spaced forwardly of the panel rear wall. A storage shelf is of a length shorter than a distance between the sidewalls. The storage shelf is slidably positioned between a ledge on the panel rear wall and the shelf trim piece for slidable lateral movement between a usable storage position located between the utility compartment and a second one of the sidewalls and a non-usable retracted position beneath the utility compartment.