Patent ID: 9534832
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B65D,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a main body having an inner case and an outer case; a storage chamber which is defined to be opened at a front surface thereof by the inner case; a door to open and close the opened front surface of the storage chamber; a shelf mounting portion which is provided in the inner case; a shelf which is configured to be mounted horizontally to the shelf mounting portion; and a shock-absorbing member which accommodates the shelf separated from the shelf mounting portion and which is fixed vertically within the storage chamber, so as to fix the shelf separated from the shelf mounting portion within the storage chamber, wherein the shelf has a horizontal mounted position and a vertical stored position that is orthogonal to the horizontal mounted position, wherein the shelf is secure in the vertical stored position within the shock-absorbing member when the shock-absorbing member is fixed vertically within the storage chamber, and wherein the shelf is configured to be mounted to the shelf mounting portion without use of the shock-absorbing member.