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A freezer door, adapted to be slidably attached to a refrigerator cabinet, includes a metal outer door pan defining an internal cavity, a plurality of plastic corner brackets positioned in the internal cavity, and an inner door liner attached to the outer door pan. A pair of vertical support bracket

A freezer door, adapted to be slidably attached to a refrigerator cabinet, includes a metal outer door pan defining an internal cavity, a plurality of plastic corner brackets positioned in the internal cavity, and an inner door liner attached to the outer door pan. A pair of vertical support brackets, used to connect the freezer door to slide support members of the refrigerator cabinet, are attached to the outer door pan with mechanical fasteners extending through slots formed in the inner door liner and being secured to the corner brackets.

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1. A refrigerator comprising:a cabinet;a fresh food compartment door pivotally attached to the cabinet; anda freezer door shiftably mounted relative to the cabinet, said freezer door including an outer door pan made of metal, a plurality of corner blocks made of plastic, and an inner door liner, whe

1. A refrigerator comprising:a cabinet;a fresh food compartment door pivotally attached to the cabinet; anda freezer door shiftably mounted relative to the cabinet, said freezer door including an outer door pan made of metal, a plurality of corner blocks made of plastic, and an inner door liner, wherein said outer door pan includes a plurality of corners and defines an internal cavity, said plurality of corner blocks are mounted within the internal cavity of the outer door pan at the plurality of corners, and the inner door liner is secured to the outer door pan. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the freezer door is slidable relative to the cabinet. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the freezer door is mounted vertically below the fresh food compartment door. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the outer door pan includes a front panel portion leading to top, bottom and side wall portions which, in turn, lead to return flange portions, said internal cavity being defined within the top, bottom and side wall portions and between the front panel portion and the return flange portions. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, further comprising: a plurality of tabs provided about the return flange portions of the outer door pan. 6. The refrigerator according to claim 4, further comprising: a plurality of L-shaped brackets, each of the L-shaped brackets being affixed to one of the side wall portions and a respective one of the top or bottom wall portions within the internal cavity. 7. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein each of the corner blocks spans a respective one of the plurality of L-shaped brackets. 8. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein each of the corner blocks defines a honeycomb structure. 9. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein each corner block includes a central body portion having a face, a long side wall and a short side wall. 10. The refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein each corner block further includes first and second sets of wing elements extending from respective end portions of the central body portion. 11. The refrigerator according to claim 10, wherein the first set of wing elements extends substantially perpendicular to the second set of wing elements. 12. The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein each of the first and second sets of wing elements directly abuts a respective one of top, bottom and side wall portions of the outer door pan. 13. The refrigerator according to claim 10, wherein each corner block further includes a first cross member interconnecting the first set of wing elements and a second cross member interconnecting the second set of wing elements. 14. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the inner door liner includes a peripheral portion provided with a plurality of holes, said inner door liner being fixed to the return flange portion of the outer door pan through a plurality of mechanical fasteners. 15. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising: a pair of vertical support brackets adapted to be attached to slide members for shifting the freezer door relative to the cabinet, said pair of vertical support brackets being fixed to the freezer door through the plurality of corner blocks. 16. The refrigerator according to claim 15, wherein each vertical support blocks is fixed to two of the plurality of corner brackets. 17. The refrigerator according to claim 16, wherein the inner door liner includes two sets of vertically spaced apertures, each of said vertical support brackets being fixed with mechanical fasteners extending through the vertical support bracket, a respective one of the two sets of vertically spaced apertures, and into a respective one of the corner blocks. 18. The refrigerator according to claim 17, wherein each of the vertically spaced apertures constitutes a slot. 19. The refrigerator according to claim 17, wherein the outer door pan includes a front panel po rtion, each of the vertical support brackets including a first leg and an in-turned second leg, with the second leg being fixed to the respective one of the corner blocks and the first leg extending substantially perpendicular to the front panel portion. 20. The refrigerator according to claim 19, wherein each of the corner blocks defines a honeycomb structure.