Patent ID: 8025349

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a main body having an upper storage compartment and a lower storage compartment; a sliding door to open and close the lower storage compartment; a handle disposed at an upper portion of the sliding door to be vertically rotatable, the handle including a grip rod having a length substantially corresponding to a width of the sliding door, and a pair of levers extending from opposite ends of the grip rod, respectively; a pair of push members disposed at an upper end of the sliding door at positions corresponding to the levers, respectively, to move forward and backward, the push members moving in accordance with upward rotation of the handle to space the sliding door from the main body; rotation shafts to rotatably support the handle; seating grooves disposed at the upper end of the sliding door at positions corresponding to opposite ends of each of the rotation shafts, respectively, the seating grooves being opened upward to receive the opposite ends of each of the rotation shafts, so as to support the rotation shafts; anti-separation pieces coupled at the upper end of the sliding door to cover opened portions of the seating grooves, so as to prevent each of the rotation shafts from being separated from the seating grooves; and coupling grooves extending from the levers to be fitted to said rotation shafts, respectively.