Patent ID: 7618103

Claim:
A supplementary shelf assembly for a refrigerator, comprising: a pair of support skirts mounted on a ceiling of a storage space and formed with at least two guide slots in front and rear ends thereof; at least two support links each of which includes a connection portion having a length relatively shorter than a distance between the support skirts, support guide portions extending perpendicular from both ends of the connection portion, respectively, and penetration portions extending outwardly and in parallel to the connection portions from ends of the support guide portions and penetrating the corresponding guide slots to be moved along the guide slots, respectively; and a supplementary shelf rotatably supported by the connection portions, and moved forward or rearward of the storage space and then elevated or lowered to be selectively located on a position near the ceiling of the storage space or on a position spaced apart by a predetermined interval from the ceiling of the storage space, wherein the guide slots have elongated shapes to allow the penetration portions to move between forward and rearward positions along the support skits when the supplementary shelf is elevated relative to the ceiling of the storage space, and wherein movement of the penetration portions in the guide slots causes the supplementary shelf to move by a proportional distance relative to the support skirts, and wherein link holders to which the connection portions are rotationally received are formed on the bottom surface of the supplementary shelf, and swing-resistant ribs brought into close contact with both sides of each of the link holders to prevent the supplementary shelf from being swung in a right and left direction are provided on the connection portion.