Patent ID: 9534828
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: E05F,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a body; a storage compartment provided in the body, a front portion thereof being open; at least one door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the storage compartment; a support unit coupled to a center portion of a lower portion of the body, the support unit including at least one rotating member arranged to protrude from a front portion of the body to correspond to a position of a lower portion of the at least one door; and at least one droop prevention unit coupled to the lower portion of the at least one door at a position corresponding to the at least one rotating member, and supported by the at least one rotating member to prevent the at least one door from drooping downward, the at least one door droop prevention unit cooperating with the at least one rotating member to support the at least one door in an upward direction when the at least one door is closed, wherein the at least one droop prevention unit arranged to transfer force produced by the at least one droop prevention unit, which cooperates with the at least one rotating member, to the at least one door in the moving direction of the at least one door when the at least one door is opened and closed, wherein the at least one droop prevention unit comprises: a housing provided at the lower portion of the at least one door; and a support rotatably coupled to the housing, and configured not to be moved before contacting the at least one rotating member, and when contacting the at least one rotating member, slide from an upper portion of the at least one rotating member in a closing direction of the at least one door and rotate in cooperation with the at least one rotating member.