Abstract: A shelf assembly for a refrigerator with a pair of ladder tracks secured the rear wall of a storage compartment includes a pair of supports with bases secured to the tracks. Each shelf support includes a vertical wall extending forwardly from the track and a flange projecting inwardly of the vertical wall. A rectilinear shelf member has front, rear and side edges and a rim structure encapsulates the edges of the shelf and includes a pair of slide portions which are positioned below the side edges of the shelf member and are slidably supported on the flanges. Each flange includes a downwardly extending inner edge and each rim slide portion projects downwardly adjacent and then outwardly under the corresponding flange inner edge. The shelf member has a planar upper surface and the rim structure closely overlaps the shelf member edges to restrain flow of spilt liquid between the shelf member and the rim.

Abstract: A handle assembly for use with doors of household refrigerators includes an elongated stiffener member in the shape of a channel having a base and projecting sides. A number of apertures are spaced along the base. Each end of the member is formed with offset portions. A body of thermoplastic elastomer having a Shore A Durometer hardness of no more than about 50 is injection molded about the stiffener member. The elastomer fills the apertures and surrounds the offset portions.