Patent ID: 8807673

Claim:
An appliance having at least one of a refrigerator and freezer with at least one interconnecting element ( 10 ) configured to be positioned and extend between two compartments within the appliance having an interior container ( 30 ), wherein at least one holding member ( 20 ) is provided, which is connected with both a partition extending between the two compartments of the inner container ( 30 ) of the appliance and the interconnecting element ( 10 ), the at least one holding member ( 20 ) including at least one holder ( 22 ) positively and/or frictionally fixing the interconnecting element ( 10 ) to the at least one holding member ( 20 ) and thereby fixing the interconnecting element ( 10 ) to the inner container ( 30 ) partition and extending between the inner container ( 30 ) partition and the interconnecting element ( 10 ), the interconnecting element ( 10 ) is in the form of a strip extending in a transverse direction in a front portion of the appliance, the at least one holding member ( 20 ) is affixed to the partition at least at one location situated between transverse ends of the interconnecting element ( 10 ), and the interconnecting element ( 10 ) is affixed to the inner container ( 30 ) along an entire length thereof through the at least one holding member ( 20 ).