Patent ID: 8857930

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet having a storage compartment; a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet so as to selectively open and close an access opening formed in a front side of the cabinet; a hinge that rotatably couples the door to the cabinet; a seal installed along a peripheral edge of one of the door or the cabinet so as to be positioned between the cabinet and the door when the door closes the access opening; a storage container configured to be coupled to the door in a first mode such that an interior of the cabinet is accessible when the door is open, and to be coupled to the cabinet in a second mode such that an interior of the storage container is accessible when the door is open, wherein a width of the storage container is less than a width of the access opening; a latch that couples the storage container to the door in the first mode and that couples the storage container to the cabinet in the second mode; a control mechanism that provides for selection of the first mode or the second mode and that controls the latch based on the selection of the first mode or the second mode; a holding guide recess formed on the storage compartment; and a holding pin that moves according to the latch, wherein the holding pin is coupled to the holding guide recess in the second mode such that the storage container is coupled to the cabinet.