A refrigerator includes support rails which are positioned adjacent a back wall for supporting a plurality of removable shelf assemblies. First and second shelf support brackets project from the rails and include rear shelf support flanges spaced from support arms. A shelf panel has a back frame mem
A refrigerator includes support rails which are positioned adjacent a back wall for supporting a plurality of removable shelf assemblies. First and second shelf support brackets project from the rails and include rear shelf support flanges spaced from support arms. A shelf panel has a back frame member including at least one support hook adapted to engage the shelf support flanges such that the back edge portion of the shelf panel is positively engaged with the shelf support brackets. At the same time, a section of a central portion of the shelf panel is supported on the support arms, while both another section of the central portion and a forward portion of the shelf panel extends in a cantilevered manner beyond the brackets.
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1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet shell including a food storage compartment having a back wall; anda shelf assembly including: a first shelf bracket extending from the back wall, said first shelf bracket including a first shelf support flange and a first support arm;a second shelf bracket ext
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A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet shell including a food storage compartment having a back wall; anda shelf assembly including: a first shelf bracket extending from the back wall, said first shelf bracket including a first shelf support flange and a first support arm;a second shelf bracket extending from the back wall, said second shelf bracket including a second shelf support flange and a second support arm;a shelf panel having a front edge portion, a back edge portion and a central portion between the front and back edge portions; anda back frame member including a shelf panel interface portion receiving the back edge portion of the shelf panel and attaching the back frame member to the back edge portion of the shelf panel, the back frame member further including at least one support hook, distinct from the shelf panel interface portion, extending rearward from the shelf panel interface portion and removably interengaged with the first and second support flanges at a position above a bottom surface of the shelf panel wherein, with the at least one support hook of the back frame member engaged with the first and second shelf support flanges of the first and second shelf brackets, the central portion of the shelf panel is supported on the first and second support arms of the first and second shelf brackets and the front edge portion of the shelf panel extends beyond the first and second shelf brackets in a cantilevered fashion. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising: a front frame member attached to the front edge portion of the shelf panel. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising: first and second laterally spaced support rails positioned adjacent the back wall of the food storage compartment, wherein: each of the first and second laterally spaced support rails includes a plurality of vertically spaced apertures; andeach of the first and second shelf bracket includes a main body, a bracket support hook extending from the main body and a tab member extending from the main body, with each of the first and second shelf bracket being hung from a respective one of the first and second support rails at selected ones of the plurality of vertically spaced apertures via the bracket support hook and the tab member. 4. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein the first and second shelf brackets have identical structure, and the first and second laterally spaced support rails have identical structure, such that the first and second shelf brackets are interchangeable with one another and the first and second laterally spaced support rails are interchangeable with one another. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second shelf brackets further comprises: a main body from which the first and second shelf support flanges extend;a first support bar extending at a first angle from the main body at a first end and joined to a respective one of the first and second support arms at a second end; anda second support bar extending at a second angle from the main body at a first end and connected to the respective one of the first and second support arms at a second end. 6. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the central portion of the shelf panel is maintained vertically spaced from the first and second support bars of each of the first and second shelf brackets. 7. The refrigerator of claim 6, wherein each of the first and second support arms extends beyond the first and second support bars. 8. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet shell including a food storage compartment having a back wall; anda shelf assembly including: a first shelf bracket projecting away from the back wall, said first shelf bracket including a first shelf support flange and a first support arm;a second shelf bracket projecting away from the back wall at a position spaced from the first shelf bracket, said second shelf bracket including a second shelf support flange and a second support arm, with each of the first and second shelf brackets further including: a main body from which a respective one of the first and second shelf support flanges extends;a first support bar extending at a first angle from the main body at a first end and joined to a respective one of the first and second support arms at a second end; anda second support bar extending at a second angle from the main body at a first end and connected to the respective one of the first and second support arms at a second end;a shelf panel having a front edge portion, a back edge portion and a central portion between the front and back edge portions; anda back frame member attached to the back edge portion of the shelf panel, the back frame member being interengaged with the first and second support flanges with part of the central portion of the shelf panel being supported on the first and second support arms, the back edge portion of the shelf panel being spaced vertically from the first and second support bars of each of the first and second brackets and forward of upper edges of the first and second support flanges and both a section of the central portion and the front edge portion of the shelf panel extending beyond the first and second support arms. 9. The refrigerator according to claim 8, further comprising: a front frame member attached to the front edge portion of the shelf panel. 10. The refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein the front edge portion of the shelf panel extends beyond the first and second shelf brackets in a cantilevered fashion. 11. The refrigerator according to claim 8, further comprising: first and second laterally spaced support rails positioned adjacent the back wall of the food storage compartment, each of the first and second laterally spaced support rails including a plurality of vertically spaced apertures and each of the first and second shelf bracket including a main body, a bracket support hook extending from the main body and a tab member extending from the main body, with each of the first and second shelf bracket being hung from a respective one of the first and second support rails at selected ones of the plurality of vertically spaced apertures via the bracket support hook and the tab member. 12. The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein the first and second shelf brackets have identical structure, and the first and second laterally spaced support rails have identical structure, such that the first and second shelf brackets are interchangeable with one another and the first and second laterally spaced support rails are interchangeable with one another. 13. The refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein each of the first and second support arms extends beyond the first and second support bars. 14. A method of assembling a repositionable shelving system in a refrigerator having a cabinet shell, a food storage compartment and a shelf assembly including a shelf panel including a back frame member, the method comprising: mounting first and second shelf brackets, each including a shelf support flange and a shelf support arm, within the food storage compartment such that each of the first and second shelf brackets extend, at spaced positions, away from a back wall of the food storage compartment;engaging at least one support hook provided on the back frame member rearward of the shelf panel with respective shelf support flanges of the first and second shelf brackets such that a back edge portion of the shelf panel is hooked to the shelf support flanges; andsupporting a central portion of the shelf panel on respective shelf support arms of the first and second shelf brackets, while a front edge portion of the shelf panel extends beyond the first and second shelf brackets in a cantilevered manner. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising: maintaining a portion of the shelf panel, between the shelf support arms and the shelf support flanges, vertically spaced above the first and second shelf brackets. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein mounting the first and second shelf brackets constitutes: inserting a bracket support hook of the first shelf bracket into a first slot formed in a first support rail provided adjacent the back wall;inserting a tab member extending from the first shelf bracket into a second slot formed in the first support rail below the first slot to secure the first shelf bracket to the first support rail;inserting a bracket support hook of the second shelf bracket into a first slot formed in a second support rail provided adjacent the back wall; andinserting a tab member extending from the second shelf bracket into a second slot formed in the second support rail below the first slot to secure the second shelf bracket to the second support rail. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein the back edge portion of the shelf panel is hooked to the shelf support flanges at a position above a bottom surface of the shelf panel. 18. The method of claim 14, wherein the back frame member is formed separate from the shelf panel, with the back frame member being fully connected to the shelf panel prior to engaging the at least one support hook on the back frame member with the shelf support flanges. 19. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one support hook extends rearward of the shelf panel for hooking onto the shelf support flanges. 20. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the at least one support hook extends rearward of the shelf panel interface portion.
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Goyette Paul D.,CAX ; Maheu Patrick R.,CAX, Article support.
Herrmann Robert S. (Grand Haven MI) Wolters Gregory T. (Holland MI) Kane Edmund J. (Holland MI) Gilbert Donald C. (Muskegon Heights MI), Bracket and shelf.
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