Patent ID: 7350374

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a main body including sidewalls and a rear wall; a lower compartment for storing items at temperatures substantially above the freezing temperature, said lower compartment arranged in the lower region of the main body; a freezer compartment for storing items in a first temperature range substantially below the freezing temperature, said freezer compartment disposed substantially above said lower compartment, said freezer compartment including a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, and sidewalls, so configured that the sidewalls and the rear wall of the freezer compartment separated respectively from said sidewalls and said rear wall of the main body by a gap; an intermediate temperature compartment for storing items in a second temperature range substantially below the freezing temperature, said intermediate temperature compartment disposed substantially above the freezer compartment; sealing means peripherally installed around the top wall to fill the gap between the perimeter of the top wall and the sidewalls and the rear wall of the main body; supporting means attached to the main body substantially at a level dividing the freezer compartment and the lower compartment, said freezer compartment supported by the supporting means; wherein the intermediate temperature compartment separated from the freezer compartment by the top wall of the freezer compartment; the lower compartment separated from the freezer compartment by the bottom wall and substantially by the sidewalls and the rear wall of the freezer compartment, and said top wall, bottom wall, rear wall and sidewalls of the freezer compartment each having a predetermined thickness and heat conductivity to allow passing predetermined cold flows through these walls.