Refrigerator cabinet assembly

The cabinet assembly for a refrigerator having a freezer compartment on top with two top front corners, a fresh food compartment on the bottom, a mullion partition between the compartments and a hot anti-sweat loop comprising:

• an outer sheet metal shell having a top panel, side panels and a front face, said front face is formed to provide a first U-shaped portion which includes a first outer wall perpendicular to the side panel to form a corner and a second inner wall spaced from the first outer wall, both walls being connected by the first U-shaped portion, said second inner wall being reversely bent to form a third wall and provide a second U-shaped portion formed between the second inner wall and the third wall, said first, second and third walls being in spaced parallel planes with the third wall bent at a right angle to form a flange having a free terminal edge, said second U-shaped portion being formed to provide a groove area therein;
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• a brace located at each of the two top front corners of the cabinet and having two integrally joined sections at right angles to each other and each section is formed as an inwardly open U-shaped channel having a base, a first leg and a second leg spaced apart and integrally joined to the base at right angles to form corners between the base and each of the legs, said base being adjacent the rear surface of the third wall of the front face with the first leg parallel to and abutting the side and top panels of the cabinet and the second leg parallel to and abutting the flange of the front face, said brace having at least one resilient hook shaped latch element on each of the two joined sections and extending from the first leg beyond the base and engaging the second U-shaped portion in the groove area to secure the brace to the outer metal shell and having means to retain the hot anti-sweat loop within the inwardly open U-shaped channel.