Drawer refrigerator with divider and divider for refrigerator drawer

US7874176B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• U-Line Corporation · US

Inventors

• Philip J. Uihlein · Mequon, US
• Jennifer U. Straszewski · Mequon, US
• William A. Reed · Cedarburg, US
• Thomas W. Rand · Cedarburg, US
• Joseph E. Braun · Milwaukee, US
• Jack L. Vaughn · Hartford, US
• Andrew J. Doberstein · Hartford, US
• Ami M. Verhalen · Sun Prairie, US
• Daniel R. Bullis, Jr. · Madison, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 25, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 26, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25D2331/809
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A drawer refrigerator has a partitioned cabinet with one or more pull-out drawers. The pull-out drawer(s) can have an adjustable divider fence for dividing the storage space of the drawer. The divider fence can have two dividers each defined by two spaced apart elongated rods that are coupled together at a hub and have end pieces with flat surfaces that abut inside surfaces of the drawer walls. A hand operated screw knob mounted to the hub can be used to lock the position of the divider fence.