Patent ID: 8864253
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigeration device, including at least one of a refrigerator and a freezer, the refrigeration device comprising: a housing including a top, a base, a plurality of lateral walls and a rear wall forming outer walls; an inner chamber located in the housing which is formed by inner walls, with the inner walls being fitted in a nested relationship with the outer walls and defining an access opening to the inner chamber; a door for selectively covering the access opening; a front frame disposed intermediate the inner walls and the outer walls for thermally decoupling the inner walls from the other walls, the front frame being exposed as an external surface of the housing; and at least one insulating member disposed in an operative relationship with at least one of said lateral walls for thermally insulating the at least one lateral wall from the other walls, wherein the front frame has a U shape including a first leg of the U shape and a second leg of the U shape separated by a base portion, and wherein a first end portion of the first leg is connected to the inner walls by at least one connection element and a second end portion of the second leg is connected to the at least one insulating member.