Patent ID: 8404985

Claim:
A button assembly for a refrigerator, comprising: a case having a cooling chamber, and a door for opening or closing the cooling chamber; a cover mounted to one side of the case, and provided with a plurality of button insertion openings; a substrate fixed to an inner side of the cover, and provided with a plurality of switch buttons; elastic supporters inserted into the button insertion openings of the cover, and covering the switch buttons of the substrate; and button pads coupled to the elastic supporters, and elastically supported by an elastic force of the elastic supporters when pressed by a user, for switching on/off the switch buttons, wherein each of the elastic supporters comprises: a body having a shape corresponding to the button insertion opening of the cover, and having a predetermined thickness; a connection portion formed in the body so as to have a predetermined thickness and length, for connecting one side of the body to another side of the body; a plurality of cylindrical portions extending from the connection portion in a cylindrical shape; and pressing portions extending from the connection portion by a predetermined length, for pressing the switch buttons of the substrate, wherein each of the button pads comprises: a front surface formed to correspond to an upper surface of the body, and covering the upper surface of the body; an extension portion extending from the edge of the front surface by a predetermined thickness, and inserted between the connection portion and an inner wall of the body; and a locking protrusion curvedly extending from the end of the extension portion, and locked by the end of the elastic supporter to be fixed.