US 12,000,646 B2
Refrigerator appliance with flexible storage container
Alexander B. Leibman, Prospect, KY (US); Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Louisville, KY (US); Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US); and Veera Venkata Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,156.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175761 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 25/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/04 (2013.01) [F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 25/022 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the refrigerator appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining a food storage chamber;
a shelf comprising an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface along the vertical direction, and an aperture extending through the shelf from the upper surface to the lower surface; and
a flexible telescopic storage container mounted to the shelf through the aperture, the flexible telescopic storage container comprising a single grip tab extending downward along the vertical direction from a bottom surface of the flexible telescopic storage container, wherein the single grip tab is the only grip tab and extends downward from a center of the bottom surface of the flexible telescopic storage container.