Patent ID: 8556440

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a body including at least one storage space; at least one door mounted to the body for selective opening/closing of the storage space; and a display unit including a display portion mounted in the storage space to be exposed to a front side of the refrigerator when the door is opened for displaying state information on the storage space, and a light emitting unit positioned in rear of the display portion, wherein the display unit includes: a housing having a front side with the display portion provided thereto and a rear side for emitting a light toward the storage space, the housing being mounted to a top side of the storage space, a control unit for controlling the state information and operation of at least one light source, and a mounting portion for mounting the housing in the storage space, and wherein the light emitting unit includes the at least one light source provided at the rear side of the housing, wherein the rear side of the housing is sloped at a predetermined angle such that a distance between the front side and the rear side becomes smaller as the rear side goes toward a lower side of the housing more, so that the at least one light source emits light toward the storage space rearward and downward.