Lighted refrigerator shelf with overmold

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EP 2 827 085 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.04.2015 Bulletin 2015/18

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	21.01.2015 Bulletin 2015/04

(21)	Application number: 14162473.4

(22)	Date of filing: 28.03.2014

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

F25D 27/00^(2006.01)

F25D 25/02^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

17.07.2013 US 201313944071

(71)	Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
	Benton Harbor, MI 49022 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Kendall, James W. Benton Harbor, MI Michigan 49022 (US) Ebrom, Matthew P. Benton Harbor, MI Michigan 49022 (US) Hill, Eric Andrew Benton Harbor, MI Michigan 49022 (US) Murphy, Timothy T. Benton Harbor, MI Michigan 49022 (US) Nair, Hari Benton Harbor, MI Michigan 49022 (US) Radford, Brian N. Benton Harbor, MI Michigan 49022 (US)

(74)	Representative: Nicholls, Michael John
	J A Kemp 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	Lighted refrigerator shelf with overmold

(57) A shelf for supporting items including but not limited to in refrigerated appliances includes in an integrated fashion a supporting surface and around the perimeter of the supporting surface of similar dimensions. A lighting subassembly is mountable to or integrated in the framing. Electrical power can be through touchless or contact electrical communication. In one form the supporting surface is a single substantially clear plate. In another form the supporting surface is a thin glass top layer and a bottom layer overmolded with the framing to the thin glass top layer.

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