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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Phillip Eugene Koloff, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Ravikiran Gopalakrishna, Andhrapradesh, IN;
Mahesh Natarajan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Harsha Shamanna, Andhrapradesh, IN;
Paul Douglas Mantle, Louisville, KY (US);
Phillip Eugene Koloff, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Ravikiran Gopalakrishna, Andhrapradesh, IN;
Mahesh Natarajan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Harsha Shamanna, Andhrapradesh, IN;
Paul Douglas Mantle, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An appliance includes a cabinet having a plurality of cabinet walls defining a compartment, a storage member configured to support an item for storage in the compartment, and a support assembly slidably mounted within the compartment. The support assembly includes a fixed rail mounted to one of the cabinet walls, and a movable rail slidably coupled to the fixed rail and movable along a sliding direction between a retracted position and an extended position. A bracket is slidably mounted to the movable rail and is movable along a sliding direction between a retracted position and an extended position. The sliding direction of the bracket is substantially parallel to the sliding direction of the movable rail. The storage member is fixedly connected to the bracket and movable with the bracket.