Refrigerator including a secondary food storage arrangement

Claim 1

A refrigerator including: a cabinet having a food storage compartment therein; a pair of elongated, vertically extending, laterally spaced, parallel rail members secured to said cabinet; a pair of elongated, horizontally extending, laterally spaced, parallel shelf support members supported on said rail members; a horizontally disposed shelf supported from and extending between said shelf support members; a secondary food storage system for removably supporting a plurality of containers having outwardly extending mounting projections; said secondary food storage system including means on said pair of shelf support members underlying said shelf and defining horizontally extending, spaced apart confronting support runners independent of the support of said shelf; container support frame means including laterally spaced apart side members having flange means extending outwardly therefrom for slidably engaging said confronting support runners for removably mounting said support frame independent of said shelf; said side members of said container support frame means including inwardly extending spaced apart, confronting support flanges for engaging the mounting projections of containers placed therebetween to removeably support the containers in said support frame means; said support frame means further including diverging flange means intermediate said support flanges on said side members for providing removable support for adjacent rows of containers; said support frame means being open along its front edge to permit containers to slide horizontally relative to said support frame means for removal from said support frame means; and forward horizontal movement of said support frame means from its position underlying said shelf exposes said support frame means to thereby provide access to the container support in said support frame means.