Abstract: A retainer device for refrigerators in mobile vehicles such as campers, trailers, motor homes and boats to prevent articles on the refrigerator shelves from inadvertently and suddenly displacing by motion of the vehicle particularly when the door of the refrigerator is opened, the retainer device comprises a pair of adjustable support members horizontally mounted in a spaced, parallel arrangement across the open front of a refrigerator, the support members have a plurality of interconnecting bands of preferably elastic material vertically positioned against the refrigerator shelves when the article retainer is installed, the interconnecting bands having a plurality of bands of preferably less elastic material horizontally arranged across the vertical bands forming a grid to retain articles on the shelves within the refrigerator.