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IN A NORMALLY UPRIGHT INSULATED CONTAINER HAVING AN INTERNAL COMPARTMENT ADAPTED FOR PRODUCT AND VOLATILE REFRIGERANT STORAGE AND A SINGLE ACCESS OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH SAID COMPARTMENT FOR INSERTION AND RETRIEVAL OF PRODUCTS TO BE REFRIGERATED THEREIN, THE ACCESS OPENING BEING AT THE TOP OF SAID CONTAINER AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE HORIZONTAL CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE COMPARTMENT, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A FIXED FRAMEWORK WITHIN SAID COMPARTMENT ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT ELONGATED ARTICLES PLACED THEREIN, SAID FRAMEWORK DEFINING A PLURALITY OF STORAGE SLOTS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH SAID ACCESS OPENING FOR INSERTION OF SUCH ARTICLES, SAID SLOTS EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AREA DIRECTLY BENEATH SAID OPENING TO OUTER END PORTIONS LATERALLY SPACED FROM THE AREA BENEATH SAID ACCESS OPENING, SAID FRAMEWORK INCLUDING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SUCH ARTICLES IN VERTICALLY UPRIGHT POSITION IN SAID SLOTS, WHEREBY SUCH ARTICLES MAY BE PLACED IN SAID CONTAINER THROUGH SAID ACCESS OPENING, MOVED OUTWARD IN SAID COMPARTMENT RELATIVE TO SAID ACCESS OPENING ALONG SAID SLOTS FOR STORAGE THEREIN AND SUBSEQUENTLY RETRIEVED FROM SAID SLOTS THROUGH SAID ACCESS OPENING.