Method of assembling a refrigerator cabinet

Abstract

A refrigerator cabinet having an outer metal case including side walls and a top wall, a plastic inner liner and a partition separating a freezer and fresh food compartments and separate front door openings. A front face is formed along the front edge of the side and top wall defining the door openings. The front face on each side wall is provided with a pair of vertically spaced openings. A support bar including a pair of vertically spaced openings dimensioned to align with the openings in the front face is secured relative to the front face adjacent each side wall. A cross member extending between the side walls is positioned adjacent the front portion of the partition. The cross member includes a pair of vertically spaced openings adjacent each end thereof which are cooperatively arranged relative to the pair of vertically spaced openings in the front face and support bar. Securing means cooperating with the aligned vertically spaced openings in the front face, support bar and cross member forming a locked joint which securely holds the cross member substantially perpendicular relative to the cabinet side walls to thereby insure that the side walls and the cross member defining the front door openings are maintained in a substantially perpendicular relationship.