Appeal No. 96-1441
Application 08/096,458
Jenkins 4,904,032 Feb. 27, 1990
Claims 1 through 3, 7, 16 and 18 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Jenkins in view of
Trevitt.
Jenkins discloses
a refrigerator cabinet 10 having a fresh food
compartment 11 and a freezer compartment 12. The
fresh food compartment 11 is defined by a liner 14,
which is preferably a vacuum formed plastic. The
liner 14 includes a top wall 15, a rear wall 16, a
pair of substantially parallel side walls 17 and 18,
and a bottom wall 19. The walls 15-19 constitute
walls of the fresh food compartment 11, which is a
cooling compartment.
The side wall 17 has a plurality of shelf
supports 20 molded integrally therewith during
formation of the liner 14, and the side wall 18 (see
Fig. 10) has a plurality of shelf supports 21 molded
integrally therewith during formation of the liner
14. Each of the shelf supports 20 and 21 extends
longitudinally with each of the shelf supports 20 on
the side wall 17 being in the same horizontal plane
as one of the shelf supports 21 on the side wall 18.
Each of the shelf supports 20 includes an upper
surface 22 (see FIGS. 8 and 9) and a lower surface
23. Each of the shelf supports 21 (see FIG. 7) has
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