Refrigerator door liners

Claim 1

The combination of a refrigerator door liner with a removable shelf, said combination comprising: opposite vertical side flanges on the liner, each flange having a pair of ledges with sides forming a substantially horizontal groove having a groove dimension in the horizontal direction greater than its dimension in the vertical direction, said groove being open at one end thereof and having a retainer socket at the other end thereof, a horizontal flange on said liner between said vertical flanges and below the horizontal grooves, a removable shelf in a support position on said liner having an inner end resting on said horizontal flange and an outer end, and a detachable stirrup having in said support position a resilient side arm at each side thereof sufficiently wide to fit snugly between the sides of its respective pair of ledges to effect a firm support at each side arm of the stirrup, each side arm being provided with a peg initially receivable into its respective groove through the open end thereof and slidably movable along the groove to said support position wherein the peg in response to the resilience of its respective side arm projects detachably into the retainer socket of the groove thereby providing interfitting formations which hold the stirrup side arms against withdrawal from the grooves, the stirrup embracing said removable shelf at the outer end thereof for supporting said shelf in said support position when the inner end thereof is resting on said horizontal flange, the stirrup embracing said removable shelf at the sides thereof in said support position and limiting the movement of each side arm in a direction tending to detach said peg from said retainer socket, thereby to retain said shelf securely on said horizontal flange.