Patent ID: 8671712
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator cabinet; a fresh food compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet; a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet; a freezer door for providing access to the freezer compartment; a lower freezer basket; an upper freezer basket; a divider operatively connected to the lower freezer basket to divide the lower freezer basket; and guide surfaces formed in a top portion of the divider to allow for guiding the upper freezer basket forward and back, wherein the top portion of the divider is shaped as an “I” beam, wherein the upper freezer basket is a wire form basket having a first and a second lead-in bend for moving along the guide surfaces of the divider, and wherein the first lead-in bend comprises a first portion of wire running longitudinally within a slot of the “I” beam, a second portion of wire bent outward at an angle relative to the first portion of wire to clear the slot of the “I” beam, and a third portion of wire bent upward from the second portion of wire and positioned against a side of the “I” beam to thereby guide the upper freezer basket along the “I” beam.