Gas barrier for vacuum insulation

A three-dimensional vacuum insulated refrigerator liner, the three-dimensional refrigerator liner comprising:

• an interior three-dimensional liner having an internal side facing toward the interior of the refrigerator structure and a visible side which is visible to a consumer viewing the inside of the refrigerator;
• and
• a metal coating applied by physical vapor deposition to the internal side or the visual side of the interior three-dimensional liner to form a barrier layer on the interior panel;
• wherein the barrier layer prevents gas from permeating easily through the three-dimensional liner.

A refrigerator, the refrigerator comprising:

• a plastic trim breaker;
• a three-dimensional liner;
• a wrapper which surrounds the liner;
• a back plate secured to the back of the three-dimensional liner;
• insulation between the three-dimensional liner and the wrapper, and
• a physical vapor deposition metal coating applied to the inside surface of the plastic trim breaker to provide a barrier layer to the plastic trim breaker,
• wherein a portion of the barrier layer contacts a portion of both the three-dimensional liner and wrapper to prevent heat or gas from entering the interior of the refrigerator restructure.