Patent ID: 8336976

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a door for opening and closing a freezing chamber or a refrigerating chamber; a door basket supported by an inner side surface of the door; a moving shelf that is positioned at an upper side of the door basket, that is supported by the inner side surface of the door, and that is rotatable relative to the inner side surface of the door; a support unit configured to maintain the moving shelf in a first state that allows the moving shelf to receive a food item; and a restraining unit configured to maintain the moving shelf in a second state in which the moving shelf does not support the food item, wherein the support unit comprises a fixed support portion that protrudes from a side wall portion that extends away from the inner side surface of the door and that has a length shorter than a length of the moving shelf, and a moving support portion positioned on a lower surface of the moving shelf and configured to be supported by the fixed support portion, and wherein an upper surface of the fixed support portion that supports the moving support portion has a horizontal flat surface, and the moving support portion has a curved surface that enables the moving support portion to roll against the horizontal flat surface of the fixed support portion during rotation of the moving shelf between the first and second states.