Patent ID: 8166611

Claim:
A door supporting device for a refrigerator including a main body having a storage space with an open front face and a door for opening and closing the storage space, comprising: a hinge bracket including a fixing portion fixed to a front face of the refrigerator, and a supporting portion extending forward from an upper end of the fixing portion and having a threaded hole with threads formed on an inner periphery thereof, and a fixing hole formed between the threaded hole and the fixing portion; a hinge shaft having threads on an outer periphery thereof and threadedly engaged with the threaded hole of the hinge bracket so that the hinge shaft can be supported by the hinge bracket, and a bolt head formed on a lower end of the hinge shaft; a hinge cap having a hinge shaft portion configured to be inserted into a hinge hole formed in a bottom surface of the door of the refrigerator so as to rotatably support the door and formed to have a substantially hollow shape so that the upper end of the hinge shaft can be received in the hollow; a rearward extension on the hinge cap; and a rotation preventing projection extending downward from the rearward extension and being inserted into the fixing hole of the hinge bracket so as to restrict rotation of the hinge cap.