Patent ID: 8167390

Claim:
A shelf assembly mounting structure for a refrigerator, comprising: stoppers respectively provided at both sides of a shelf assembly to be detachably installed in the refrigerator; a plurality of supporting ribs respectively provided on surfaces of opposing inner side walls to be vertically spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the supporting ribs being formed to extend in a fore and aft direction thus to support both side ends of a bottom surface of the shelf assembly; and a plurality of guide slots respectively provided in upper surfaces of the supporting ribs, the stoppers sliding in the guide slots in a state where the stoppers are positioned therein when the shelf assembly is moved in the fore and aft direction, wherein if the shelf assembly is moved in the fore and aft direction, the stoppers are moved in the fore and aft direction along the guide slots and brought into contact with front and rear ends of the guide slots, whereby a moving distance of the shelf assembly is restricted, wherein a rear end of the shelf assembly is spaced apart from a rear inner wall by a predetermined distance in a state where the stoppers are in contact with the rear end of the guide slots, and wherein a supporting panel is provided at the rear end of the shelf assembly to protrude upward by a predetermined height to prevent food placed on the shelf assembly from falling off.