Patent ID: 8651599

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a thermally insulated housing including a floor, a rear wall, and a pair of side walls delimiting an interior space; a plurality of extending elements; a pair of chilled-goods containers, the chilled-goods containers being at a location adjacent to one another within the interior space at a spacing from the floor; a longitudinal bearing extending between the chilled-goods containers, wherein the longitudinal bearing has a main body including a pair of lateral walls extending vertically from the floor to a position beyond the extending elements, and wherein the longitudinal bearing and the pair of side walls support the plurality of extending elements that guide the chilled-goods container for (i) extension thereof out of the interior space and (ii) retraction into the interior space; lugs offset in opposite directions on the end of the longitudinal bearing adjacent to the rear wall of the housing wherein the lugs are secured to the rear wall of the housing, and wherein the lugs extend vertically along the entire vertical extent of the lateral walls; and at least one transverse bearing supporting the longitudinal bearing, the transverse bearing extending from one side wall of the pair of side walls to the other side wall of the pair of side walls and configured for engaging an outwardly projecting portion of the longitudinal bearing.