Shelf retainer for mobile vehicle refrigerators

Claim 1

In a mobile refrigerator having, in combination, a refrigeration compartment defined by inside walls, an open front, and a door affording access to the refrigeration compartment through the open front, the compartment having at least one shelf for supporting removable articles thereon, the improvement comprising: an article retaining device including: a. first elongated adjustable cross-member mounted between the sidewalls; b. second elongated adjustable cross-member mounted between the sidewalls, and below and parallel to said first cross-member; each of said cross-members comprising a sleeve member and a slide member with an end telescopically inserted in said sleeve member; c. means for horizontally mounting said crossmembers between the sidewalls comprising an anchor bracket slidably connected to said sleeve member; locking means for selectively fixing said anchor bracket to said sleeve member; a compression spring having a first end contacting said anchor bracket and a second end contacting the end of said slide member said compression spring being compressible between said anchor bracket and the end of said slide member, said cross-members having opposite ends which are forced against said opposing sidewalls when said compression spring is compressed, and; d. a web comprising a plurality of elastic vertical bands and a plurality of horizontal bands, said plurality of vertical bands each having first ends connected to said first cross-member and second ends connected to said second cross-member.