Patent ID: 8454103
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet in which a storage compartment is defined; and left and right doors forwardly pivotally rotatably coupled to opposite sides of the cabinet via hinge members so as to open or close an open front side of the storage compartment, wherein the cabinet includes a pair of protruding portions extending forwardly from opposite sidewalls thereof by a length corresponding to a thickness of one lateral surface of the left or right door close to the hinge member, wherein the left and right doors are accommodated in a space between the pair of protruding portions when the left and right doors are closed such that the lateral surfaces of the left and right doors close to the respective hinge members are hidden by the pair of protruding portions, and wherein a thickness of the left or right door increases forward from one lateral surface close to the hinge member toward the other lateral surface, the thickness of the left or right door at the one lateral surface close to the hinge member being less than the thickness of the left or right door at the other lateral surface, wherein each of the protruding portions includes an inner side surface and an outer side surface formed blending an outer shell of the corresponding sidewall of the cabinet, the inner side surface including a convexly curved surface, wherein the protruding portion further includes a hinge member receptacle formed by cutting the inner side surface to accommodate the hinge member when the left or right door is pivotally rotated, and wherein the lateral surface of the left or right door close to the hinge member includes a concavely curved surface corresponding to the convexly curved surface of the protruding portion so as to surround the protruding portion when the left or right door is pivotally rotated.