Patent ID: 7748804

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a storage chamber; a support member fixed to each side wall of the storage chamber; a shelf coupled to the support member while covering a receiving container arranged beneath the shelf; and a self fixing structure to separably fix the shelf to the support member, wherein the support member includes a support surface to support the shelf, and a rail part formed beneath the support surface while being integral with the support surface, to support the receiving container such that the receiving container is slidable in a forward-backward direction, wherein the self fixing structure includes a stepped surface formed at a rear edge portion of the shelf such that the stepped surface is downwardly stepped from an upper surface of the shelf, a restriction portion formed at the support member such that the restriction portion is engaged with the stepped surface, an engaging protrusion formed at a front portion of one of the shelf and the support member, and a restriction groove formed at the other one of the shelf and the support member such that the engaging protrusion is fitted into the restriction groove, and wherein the restriction portion includes an extended portion extended upward from the support surface of the support member, and a bent portion bent from the extended portion to cover the stepped surface of the shelf.