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US 7,377,397 · App. 11/013,427 · Granted May 27, 2008

Wine refrigerator white shelf having elastic support members

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,377,397
App. No.
11/013,427
Granted
May 27, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a shelf of a wine refrigerator including a frame disposed inside a chill room in the horizontal direction, a plurality of support wires formed long inside the frame in the forward and backward directions of the frame at predetermined intervals in the right and left directions of the frame, and a plurality of elastic support members inserted onto each support wire, for elastically supporting wine bottles.

Claims (11)

1. A shelf of a wine refrigerator, comprising:

a frame disposed inside a chill space of the refrigerator with horizontality;

a plurality of support wires formed long inside the frame in the forward in backward directions of the chill room space at predetermined intervals in the right and left directions of the frame, for horizontally supporting a wine bottle places on the support wires;

a plurality of elastic support members inserted onto each support wire and constructed to be adjustably spaced along each support wire to fit under and support a horizontally disposed wine bottle; and

first and second support units inserted onto two mutually adjoining support wires,

wherein the first and support units support elastically the wine bottle to reduce vibrations transferred from operational components of the wine refrigerator to the horizontally supported wine bottle; and

wherein the elastic support members are slidably inserted onto the support wires.

2. The shelf of claim 1 , wherein the elastic support members inserted onto each support wire comprise first and second support units having a same dimension.

3. The shelf of claim 2 , wherein the first support units support the lower portion of the wine bottle, and the second support units support the middle portion of the wine bottle.

4. The shelf of claim 2 , wherein cutting grooves are formed in the longitudinal direction of the first and second support units at the lower ends of the first and second support units.

5. The shelf of claim 1 , wherein the elastic support members are made of rubber.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2004
From: LEE, DONG-HOON; LEE, TAE-HEE; YUN, YOUNG-HOON; KIM, YOUG-GU
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2004-0035354 · May 18, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050258118A1 · Nov 24, 2005