Patent ID: 8113609

Claim:
A guide rail in a refrigerator, comprising: a rail body having a back face to be brought into contact with a side surface of an inner case defining a storage space of the refrigerator; a guide portion provided in the rail body so that the guide portion extends in front of a guide rib formed to be elongated in a fore and aft direction on the side surface of the inner case, thereby guiding the movement of a receiving container to be accommodated in or taken out from the storage space; a seating space provided in the rail body so that a portion of the guide rib is inserted into the seating space when the back face of the rail body is brought into contact with the side surface of the inner case; and at least one contact rib to be brought into contact with the guide rib is provided in a region on the back face of the guide rail corresponding to the interior of the seating space, wherein the contact rib comprises: a side contact portion to be brought into contact with a side surface of the guide rib arranged in parallel with the side surface of the inner case; and an inclined contact portion to be brought into contact with an inclined portion of the guide rib extending to be inclined downwardly at a predetermined angle from a lower end of the side surface of the guide rib toward the side surface of the inner case, wherein the guide portion comprises an upper guide portion and a lower guide portion that correspond respectively to an upper guide rib and a lower guide rib provided on the side surface of the inner case while being vertically spaced apart by a predetermined distance from each other.