Patent ID: 8474928

Claim:
A refrigerator having at least one insulated compartment having an inner surface, comprising: a pair of fixed slides attached to opposite side walls of the inner surface of the at least one compartment; a pair of movable slides combined with the fixed slides to be movable forward and back with respect to the fixed slides and having a distal end; door pivots connected to the movable slides adjacent the distal ends; an insulated compartment door pivotally mounted to the door pivots for horizontal movement with the movable slides between a closed position closing the insulated compartment and an open position for rotation up and down; a food storage basket having front and rear portions comprising opposite sides walls having top, bottom, front and rear side edges, a basket pivot on each side wall adjacent one of the top and bottom side edges, and a guide surface follower on each side wall adjacent the bottom and rear side edges; a guide plate connected to each of the movable slides and having an inclined rising guide surface arranged to be engaged by one of the food storage basket guide surface followers; and a pair of links each operatively connected to the insulated compartment door at one end and having a first link pivot at a distal end arranged to pivotally connect to a food storage basket pivot, whereby when the compartment door rotates down the pair of links rotate up causing the front portion of the food storage basket to rise and move forward, and the guide surface followers to move along the rising guide surface so that the rear portion of the food storage basket rises as the food storage basket moves forward.