Slidable bin within a refrigerator drawer
View Patent ↗A bin positioned within a refrigerator drawer and slidable across the refrigerator drawer at one or more edges of the refrigerator drawer and/or at one or more sliding mechanisms attached to at least one side of the refrigerator drawer.
1. A bin comprising:
a bottom comprising a perimeter edge;
at least two opposite sides extending upward from the perimeter edge of the bottom, the at least two opposite sides and the bottom defining a storage cavity of the bin; and
two attachment mechanisms extending from the at least two opposite sides of the bin, the two attachment mechanisms configured to slidably couple to a protrusion at a top edge of two parallel and opposite walls of a refrigerator drawer such that the bin is slidably positionable within the refrigerator drawer,
wherein each of the two attachment mechanisms comprises a hook portion configured to at least partially cover three sides of the protrusion, the hook portion comprising:
a top section configured to extend above a top side of the protrusion at the top edge of one of the two parallel and opposite walls of the refrigerator drawer, wherein the top section is perpendicular to the at least two opposite sides,
a bottom section configured to extend directly beneath at least a portion of a bottom side of the protrusion, wherein the bottom section is directly beneath and parallel to the top section, and
an outer section connecting the top section and the bottom section, the outer section configured to extend over an outer side of the protrusion, wherein the outer section is perpendicular to the top section and the bottom section.
2. The bin according to claim 1 , wherein the bin is slidable along the two parallel and opposite walls in directions between two opposing walls of the refrigerator drawer that are perpendicular to the two parallel and opposite walls.
3. The bin according to claim 1 , comprising a lubricant applied between the two attachment mechanisms and the protrusion at the top edge of the two parallel and opposite walls of the refrigerator drawer.
4. The bin according to claim 1 , comprising a cover detachably coupleable to the at least two opposite sides.
5. The bin according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom and the at least two opposite sides is at least one of:
plastic, and
wire mesh.
6. The bin according to claim 1 , wherein the bin is at least one of:
generally box-shaped,
cylindrical, and
spherical.
7. The bin according to claim 1 , wherein a capacity of the storage cavity is adjustable by extending and contracting the bin.
8. The bin according to claim 7 , wherein the bottom is a two-piece construction, wherein a first piece of the bottom can slide in underneath a second piece of the bottom to contract the bin, and the first piece of the bottom can slide out from underneath the second piece of the bottom to extend the bin.