Patent ID: 7228612

Claim:
A method of making a refrigerator storage assembly comprising: feeding a metal material to an extruder; extruding the metal material through a die of the extruder to form a first intermediate extrusion, wherein the die includes an aperture defining a first leg and a second leg; cutting the first intermediate extrusion to a predetermined length to form a first and a second end of a first shelf extrusion, the first shelf extrusion having a bottom floor integrally formed with a side wall, the side wall including a channel for receiving a first nonmetal translucent wall section; disposing the first nonmetal translucent wall section between the first shelf extrusion side wall channel and an end cap; and attaching a first nonmetal end wall to the first end of the first shelf extrusion, wherein the first nonmetal end wall engages the bottom floor and the side wall of the first shelf extrusion and engages the end cap at a distance spaced by the first translucent wall section, attaching a second nonmetal end wall to the second end of the first shelf extrusion, wherein the second nonmetal end wall engages the bottom floor and the side wall of the first shelf extrusion and engages the end cap at a distance spaced by the first translucent wall section, and wherein the first and second nonmetal end walls engage a support in a refrigerator.