IP Library Granted Patent US 8,240,791
Granted Patent B2
US 8,240,791 · App. 11/919,200 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Inner container for a refrigerating device

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Patent No.
US 8,240,791
App. No.
11/919,200
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container for forming an interior space within a refrigerating device that can be accessed via a door opening of the refrigerating device including a plurality of blanks forming a plurality of walls, a cooled goods support base, and a support rail such that the height of the cooled goods support is adjustably settable. A joint is formed between a blank forming the first side wall and a blank forming the rear wall, and the joint is at least partly concealed behind the support rail relative to a view into the refrigerating device through the door opening.

Claims (15)

1. A container for forming within a refrigerating device an interior space that can be accessed via a door opening of the refrigerating device, the container comprising:

a.) a plurality of blanks forming a plurality of walls, the walls delimiting an interior space and including a first interior side wall formed from at least one blank and an interior rear wall formed from at least one blank, wherein the blank forming the side wall and the blank forming the rear wall together form a channel wherein one of the at least one blanks forming the first side wall is formed with a first web forming a first side of the channel and a second web forming a bottom of the channel, and one of the at least one blanks forming the rear wall is formed with a third web opposite the first web and a fourth web that is parallel to the rear wall, wherein the second web has an edge area that extends beyond the width of the channel and is linked to the fourth web;

b.) a cooled goods support base on which cooled goods received within the interior space are supported;

c.) at least one support rail disposed within the channel, the support rail having locations thereon at which the cooled goods support base can be adjustably secured to the support rail such that the height of the cooled goods support within the interior space is adjustably settable and

d.) a joint between the first side wall and the rear wall, the joint being at least partly concealed behind the support rail relative to a view into the container.

2. The container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a respective blank forms the first side wall and a respective blank forms the rear wall.

3. The container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a portion of the respective blank forming the first side wall extends longitudinally beyond the channel and the portion extending beyond the channel is linked to a folded edge of the blank forming the rear wall.

4. The container as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising additional support rails inserted into the blank forming the rear wall.

5. The container as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the additional support rails are held in place in a window, backed by a U profile, in the blank forming the rear wall.

6. The container as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the blanks are formed of webs having alternating projections and recesses along edges thereof that are offset on longitudinal edges of the window.

7. The container as claimed in claim 6 , wherein projecting edge sections of the webs reach through slots of the U profile.

8. The container as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising caps that seal ends of the support rail.

9. The container as claimed in claim 8 , wherein each cap has a detent projection reaching into the rear wall.

10. The container as claimed in claim 8 , wherein each cap is mounted to an exterior side of the blank forming the rear wall.

11. The container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support rail is located at a spacing from a corner between the first side wall and rear wall and an edge web bridging the spacing is offset from the blank forming the side wall.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO REMOVE USSN 14373413; 29120436 AND 29429277 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035624 FRAME: 0784. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 19, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 036000/0848 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035624/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2007
From: BENZ, THOMAS; GOERZ, ALEXANDER; REITZ, HANS-PHILIPP
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
Reel/Frame 020066/0735 →