Patent ID: 9631860
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A47F,F25D

Claim:
1. A chest freezer and a storage container for the chest freezer, wherein the chest freezer comprises: a plurality of insulated walls forming a compartment that comprises an upwardly facing opening; a door configured to selectively provide access to the compartment through the upwardly facing opening; a breaker strip forming at least a portion of an upper periphery of and fixed to the compartment so as to be immovable upon movement of the door; and a channel configured to permit attachment of the storage container thereto, and wherein at least one of the plurality of insulated walls comprises an inner liner and an outer shell between which comprises an insulation material, wherein at least a portion of the breaker strip forming at least a portion of the upper periphery of the compartment extends between the inner liner and the outer shell, and wherein the channel is formed in the at least a portion of the breaker strip that extends between the inner liner and the outer shell and comprises a bottom portion and adjacent side portions, wherein the adjacent side portions extend from the bottom portion in a substantially upward direction to form an opening of the channel, the bottom portion being located between the inner liner and the outer shell at the insulation material.