Controlled temperature compartment for refrigerator

A refrigerator including:

• a refrigerator compartment including an interior and opposing first and second interior sides, and at least one door closing off an open front of the refrigerator that is located between the opposing first and second interior sides;
• a storage compartment assembly located within the interior of the refrigerator compartment between the opposing first and second interior sides of the refrigerator compartment, the storage compartment assembly including a storage container including an open top for providing access to the interior of the storage container, the storage container including a first side located opposite the first interior side of the refrigerator compartment and a second side located opposite the second interior side of the refrigerator compartment, at least one of the first side and the second side of the storage container being spaced away from the first interior side and the second interior side, respectively, of the refrigerator compartment, thereby providing a respective space between at least one of the first side of the storage container and the first interior side of the refrigerator compartment and the second side of the storage container and the second interior side of the refrigerator compartment;
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• at least one of the respective spaces between at least one of the first side of the storage container and the first interior side of the refrigerator compartment and the second side of the storage container and the second interior side of the refrigerator compartment including a housing, wherein the storage compartment assembly includes a cover that covers the open top of the storage container when the storage container is in place within the refrigerator compartment, the cover extending over and being supported by the housing, and
• wherein the storage container is configured for withdrawal from between the opposing first and second interior sides of the refrigerator compartment and from the housing located in at least one of the respective spaces between at least one of the first side of the storage container and the first interior side of the refrigerator compartment and the second side of the storage container and the second interior side of the refrigerator compartment and for reentry into the interior of the refrigerator compartment after having been withdrawn, the withdrawal and reentry of the storage container being facilitated by a rail system including a rail mounted to at least one of the first side and second side of the storage container and a complementary rail mounted to an adjacent side of the housing, whereby the storage container can be withdrawn from and returned to the interior of the refrigerator compartment along the rail system and, when withdrawn, supported from the interior of the refrigeration compartment at the rail system.