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A mounting socket is installed within a refrigerator which has a thin inner liner wall and an outer cabinet with an insulation space therebetween. The socket is capable of receiving a horizontally extending mounting bracket associated with an internal shelf. The socket has a body with an opened firs

A mounting socket is installed within a refrigerator which has a thin inner liner wall and an outer cabinet with an insulation space therebetween. The socket is capable of receiving a horizontally extending mounting bracket associated with an internal shelf. The socket has a body with an opened first end, a closed second end and an intermediate section. The intermediate section of the body is positioned within a hole in the inner liner with its second end located within the insulation space. The body has a cavity which is capable of receiving the horizontally extending mounting bracket. The socket has a lip which radially extends from the first end for sealed engagement with a first side of the wall. The socket also includes a plurality of locating dimples which extend radially from the intermediate portion of the body to overlie the other side of the wall to prevent the socket from being withdrawn from the hole.

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A mounting socket installed within a refrigerator or the like which has an inner liner including a thin wall, an outer cabinet with an insulation space therebetween, said socket being capable of receiving a horizontally extending mounting device associated with an internal shelf or the like, said so

A mounting socket installed within a refrigerator or the like which has an inner liner including a thin wall, an outer cabinet with an insulation space therebetween, said socket being capable of receiving a horizontally extending mounting device associated with an internal shelf or the like, said socket comprising: a body having an opened first end, a closed second end and an intermediate section therebetween, said body having an internal cavity extending along its axis from said first end to said second end; said cavity having a horizontally oriented upper portion and a horizontally oriented lower portion thereof when said intermediate section of said body is positioned within a hole in a vertical region of said inner liner with said second end located within said insulation space; said upper portion of said cavity being capable of receiving said horizontally extending mounting bracket therein; said lower portion of said cavity being capable of receiving said horizontally extending mounting bracket therein; said upper portion of said cavity having a first depth from said first end which is greater than a second depth in said lower portion as measured from said first end to allow greater insertion of said horizontally extending mounting bracket in said upper portion than in said lower portion of said cavity; and said lower portion of said cavity providing a final resting position for said mounting device allowing normal positioning of said shelf in said refrigerator.