Patent ID: 8147016

Claim:
A can receiving apparatus for a refrigerator comprising: a case; a can receiving shelf coupled to the case in a pivotally rotatable manner with rotatable protrusions provided at both sides of the can receiving shelf and rotatably inserted into a wall surface of the case; and a holding means to hold the can receiving shelf at an upper-limit position upon pivotal rotation of the can receiving shelf, wherein the holding means includes a holding protrusion provided at the can receiving shelf, and a receiving member provided at the case so as to be coupled with the holding protrusion, the receiving member includes a pair of receiving ribs having free ends curved towards each other, and the receiving ribs are formed at the case, and the case is provided with a guide recess formed on the wall surface of the case, the guide recess having a bottom surface spaced apart from the free ends of the receiving ribs so that the free ends of the receiving ribs are spread outward elastically when the holding protrusion is inserted into the receiving ribs to hold the holding protrusion.