Method of assembling a refrigerator door

The method of assembling a refrigerator door comprising:

• forming an outer metal rectangular shaped shell having a base panel, four upwardly turned side panels on each side and perpendicular to the base panel and two sets of two opposite facing inturned flanges, each flange being perpendicular to each of the side panels and having free terminal edges;
• constructing a cross brace by,
• forming two legs, each leg having at one end a U-shaped channel section having an offset portion terminating with a flat tab, an intermediate section and a flat section at the end opposite the channel section;
• securing the flat section of one leg to the flat section of the other leg such that the length of the brace will accommodate the desired length to diagonally span the door;
• positioning two such braces to form an X;
• holding the base panel in a flat plane;
• and
• securing the flat tabs at the opposite ends of each brace to one set of opposite flanges while the base panel is held in a flat plane.