Patent ID: 8262176

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a main body defining a storage compartment; a refrigerator door pivotably coupled to the main body and defining an opening; a homebar door on the refrigerator door, for selectively opening and closing the opening, the homebar door being approximately at 90 degrees to the main body when the homebar door is rotated to be opened; a basket pivotably provided on the refrigerator door; and a connecting device connecting the homebar door and the basket, for tilting the basket when the homebar door is pivoted, the connecting device comprising: a first member coupled to the homebar door and configured to move when the homebar door is opened; and a second member coupled to the basket to transmit an operating force of the first member to the basket so that the basket can be rotated within the storage compartment at an angle less than a rotating angle of the homebar door, wherein the entire portion of the basket rotates within the storage compartment at an angle less than 90 degrees in a direction of rotation of the homebar door when the first and second members operate to open the homebar door.