Patent ID: 7806491
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a main body having a storage chamber; a door rotatably provided to the main body; a storage container seating portion depressed into a portion of a rear surface of the door, the storage container seating portion including a protruding portion; a storage container seated in the storage container seating portion, the storage container having a space for storing articles therein, the storage container being removable from the storage container seating portion by movement of the storage container in a primarily horizontal direction; and a locking mechanism provided on the storage container for locking the storage container to the storage container seating portion by causing a portion of the locking mechanism to be caught by the protruding portion of the storage container seating portion, wherein the locking mechanism comprises: wherein the tip end of the catching pin includes: wherein the protruding portion of the storage container seating portion is a catching protrusion including a guide surface which is upwardly inclined from the entrance to the interior of the storage container seating portion to guide the cooperating surface along the guide surface, and a catching surface which extends from an end of the guide surface vertically toward the bottom of the storage container seating portion to be brought into contact with the contact surface.