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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
May. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marco Maritan, Viggiu′, IT;
Lorenzo Bianchi, Varese, IT;
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 3/04 ;
Abstract
A refrigerator shelf having a plate surrounded by a frame. A guide is connected to the frame for slidable guiding of a closure member. The closure member is formed from an assembly of hinged-together bar elements which are able to pass between an extended position in which the closure member closes a chamber formed between the shelf and an underlying shelf, and a retracted position into the guide.