A front opening freezer chest for easy storage and access includes a chest housing having a bottom side, a top side, a left side, a right side, a back side, and a front side. A median wall divides an inside of the chest housing into a left compartment and a right compartment. A pair of doors is swingably coupled to the chest housing and covers the front side in a closed position and alternatively exposes the front side in an open position. A plurality of basket systems is slidably coupled within each of the left compartment and the right compartment. A plurality of supports coupled is coupled to the bottom side of the chest housing and is configured to elevate the chest housing from the floor. A refrigeration system is coupled within the inside of the chest housing and has a power cord extending through the back side.

A cooler includes a chest portion and a lid. The chest portion defines a cavity within the chest portion. The lid is also formed of molded plastic and is attached via a hinge along an edge of an opening of the chest portion. The opening of the chest portion is also an opening of the cavity. The cooler assembly also includes a pair of handle assemblies attached to the chest portion on opposite sides. An insertable bracket is configured to hold a handle of a handle assembly in an extended position, extending away from the side of the chest portion at substantially a right angle to the side of the chest portion. The bracket is further configured to retain and hold a panel along a side edge of the opening of the chest portion, and with the panel resting against the extended handle.

A cold storage assembly for viewing and accessing frozen goods includes a box, a cooling module, and a lid. The box defines an interior space, is insulated, and has a top that is open. The cooling module is coupled to the box is configured to lower the temperature of the interior space. A shelving module is slidably coupled to the box and is positioned in the interior space. An actuator that is operationally coupled to the shelving module is positioned to selectively lift the shelving module from the interior space so that a user is positioned to selectively position articles on the shelving module. A first window is positioned in a front of the box to allow the user to view the articles that are positioned on the shelving module within the interior space. The lid, which is insulated, is selectively couplable to the box to close the top.

A refrigerator includes: a cabinet and a door configured to open and close the cabinet. The door includes a cap decoration defining an upper surface of the door and having an opening; an outer plate defining a front appearance of the door and including a display configured to indicate operation information; a door liner coupled to the outer plate and defining a rear surface of the door; an insulating material filled between the outer plate and the door liner; an inner case coupled to the outer plate and the cap decoration inside of the door and including an accommodating space that communicates with the opening; and a display assembly inserted through the opening from an outside of the door and disposed inside of the case, and the cap decoration includes a case inserting portion into which the inner case is inserted and restrained.

A pop-up food preparation counter cabinet and refrigerator according to the present invention is disclosed. The pop-up food preparation counter cabinet and refrigerator includes a cabinet having a top side and front side, a refrigerator contained within the cabinet, a lift cover having a top side and an underside being coupled to the top side of the cabinet, an inner refrigerated cavity creating an open air refrigerated space for a set of food storage pans. The lift cover is movable between an open position and a retracted/closed position and the set of food storage pans comprising a plurality of removable individual food storage pans configured for storage in the inner refrigerated cavity and being accessible when the lift cover is in the open position.

A food bar, such as a salad bar, has a cooling system with a refrigerating arrangement, and a cabinet in which pans are arranged. The cooling system is adapted for cooling the food bar such that at least two different climate zones are provided, the cooling of which is separately controllable. The cooling system has one evaporator, a cooling arrangement arranged close to, and above, pan back walls and adjacent a rear section of a covering arrangement adapted to cover pans and so that cooled air flows from a lower edge outward above the pans, and upward in toward an upper edge due to self-convection, forming a first climate zone. Pan holder elements are disposed in the cabinet so disposed that between the pan holder elements and the bottom and lateral walls of the pans, a second climate zone is formed.

A cooler includes a chest portion and a lid. The chest portion defines a cavity within the chest portion. The lid is also formed of molded plastic and is attached via a hinge along an edge of an opening of the chest portion. The opening of the chest portion is also an opening of the cavity. The cooler assembly also includes a pair of handle assemblies attached to the chest portion on opposite sides. An insertable bracket is configured to hold a handle of a handle assembly in an extended position, extending away from the side of the chest portion at substantially a right angle to the side of the chest portion. The bracket is further configured to retain and hold a panel along a side edge of the opening of the chest portion, and with the panel resting against the extended handle.

A cold storage assembly for viewing and accessing frozen goods includes a box, a cooling module, and a lid. The box defines an interior space, is insulated, and has a top that is open. The cooling module is coupled to the box is configured to lower the temperature of the interior space. A shelving module is slidably coupled to the box and is positioned in the interior space. An actuator that is operationally coupled to the shelving module is positioned to selectively lift the shelving module from the interior space so that a user is positioned to selectively position articles on the shelving module. A first window is positioned in a front of the box to allow the user to view the articles that are positioned on the shelving module within the interior space. The lid, which is insulated, is selectively couplable to the box to close the top.

A refrigeration unit including an exterior lining that includes a bottom exterior surface and a top exterior surface facing the bottom exterior surface. The refrigeration unit further including an interior lining that includes a bottom planar-like interior surface and a top interior surface facing the bottom interior surface. The refrigeration unit including a bottom base, wherein the bottom exterior surface is positioned between the bottom base and the bottom planar-like interior surface. The refrigeration unit includes a condenser positioned between the bottom base and the bottom exterior surface, wherein the refrigeration unit is oriented within a gravitational field generated by the Earth so that the gravitational field flows from the top interior surface to the bottom base.

The present disclosure provides a system, apparatus, and method for a modular food tray system having a plurality of food trays that can be used for heating, cooling, or a combination thereof. The system can include a first food tray for heating and a second food tray for cooling, generally mounted at a different elevation from the first food tray. Alternatively, one or both of the food trays can be designed for cooling through temperature elements coupled thereto and the tray can be heated by overhead radiant heating elements for dual temperature capabilities. The first food tray can be mounted above the second food tray. The first food tray can include a thermal shield between a heating element in the first food tray and the second food tray. In other embodiments, the second food tray can be mounted above the first food tray with a thermal shield therebetween.