Patent ID: 7607742

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a body having a cooling chamber; a door arranged at a front side of the cooling chamber; a basket arranged at the cooling chamber for storing food; a basket lift apparatus for lifting the basket, the basket lift apparatus including: a pair of lifting rails connected to the door; a lifting frame movably connected to each of the pair of lifting rails and on which the basket is positioned; a pair of driving arms, each driving arm being provided with a roller roll-mounted at a lower surface of the lifting frame at one end thereof, the pair of driving arms being connected by a hinge shaft extending therebetween, the hinge shaft being rotatably supported by a supporting frame fixed to a rear surface of the door; and a driving motor mounted at the door for rotating the pair of driving arms; and a brake unit for locking the basket and thereby preventing the basket from being lowered when the basket reaches a maximum position, wherein a distance between the connections of the lifting frame to the pair of lifting rails measured in a lateral direction of the door is greater than a distance between the pair of driving arms measured in the lateral direction of the door.