Patent ID: 7410230

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet defining laterally spaced fresh food and freezer compartments separated by a fore-to-aft extending divider wall, with each of the fresh food and freezer compartments having varying width sections and an open frontal zone; fresh food and freezer doors pivotally mounted to the cabinet between open and closed positions for accessing and sealing the fresh food and freezer compartments respectively; and a multi-piece mullion assembly positioned between the fresh food and freezer compartments, said mullion assembly comprising a first elongated mullion member, a second elongated mullion member, and a brace including first and second leg portions interconnected by a laterally extending portion, said first and second mullion members being laterally and vertically offset in relation to one another, wherein said first and second mullion members at least partially overlap the first and second portions of the brace respectively and include connecting members that provide snap-fit connections between the first and second mullion members and the brace securing the first and second mullion members to the brace to form the mullion assembly.