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A cabinet assembly for a refrigerator having two top front corners. The cabinet has an outer sheet metal shell having a top panel, side panels and a front face. The front face is formed to provide a first U-shaped portion and a second U-shaped portion with a groove area in the second U-shaped portio

A cabinet assembly for a refrigerator having two top front corners. The cabinet has an outer sheet metal shell having a top panel, side panels and a front face. The front face is formed to provide a first U-shaped portion and a second U-shaped portion with a groove area in the second U-shaped portion. There is a brace located at each of the two top front corners of the cabinet and each has two 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. The brace has at least one resilient hook shaped latch element on each of the two joined sections. The latch elements extend from the first leg beyond the base and engage the second U-shaped portion in the groove area to secure the brace to the outer metal shell.

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A cabinet assembly for a refrigerator having two top front corners 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

A cabinet assembly for a refrigerator having two top front corners 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; and 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, 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 formed 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.