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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Michael T. Lye, Warwick, RI (US);
Angela R. Thalls, Arlington, MA (US);
John P. Flannery, Smiths, BM;
Nathan A. Dean, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Wooding, Providence, RI (US);
Jane K. Langmuir, Providence, RI (US);
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Abstract
A combination shelf and serving tray assembly includes a tray provided with a platform removably supported upon a frame mounted within a refrigerator cabinet. The platform can be removed from the cabinet and used as a serving tray. A lower end of the platform is provided with various spaced projections in the form of legs or nubs, preferably having elastomeric tips. The frame includes fore-to-aft extending rails having slots formed therein into which the legs are adapted to extend. The length of the slots and the spacing between the legs permit sliding of the tray between extended and retracted positions within the refrigerator cabinet.