Patent ID: 6971730

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: an upper fresh food compartment having an associated fresh food compartment door; a lower freezer compartment having an associated freezer door, said freezer compartment being defined by a liner having opposing side walls which taper fore-to-aft such that a distance between the opposing side walls at a front portion of the freezer compartment is greater than a distance between the opposing side walls at a rear portion of the freezer compartment, each of the opposing side walls including at least one fore-to-aft extending groove defining a ledge portion; a freezer drawer support assembly including first and second side adapters, each having an upper ledge, a channel and a plurality of lugs, and a pair of extensible drawer slides, each of said first and second side adapters tapering from a rear portion to a front portion, said first and second side adapters being mounted to the first and second opposing side walls respectively, with the plurality of lugs projecting into the at least one groove and with the upper ledges and channels of the first and second side adapters being arranged substantially parallel to each other, said pair of extensible drawer slides being mounted in the channels of the first and second side adapters, said freezer door being connected to the extensible drawer slides for fore-to-aft movement in order to selectively access the freezer compartment; and a basket slidably supported by one of the upper ledge of each side adapter and the extensible drawer slides.