Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10495373-B2
Application number	US-201715397860-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 4, 2017
Priority date	Jan 5, 2016
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

A refrigerator includes a cabinet that defines a storage space. The refrigerator further includes a door that is mounted to the cabinet and that is configured to open and close the storage space. The refrigerator further includes a mounting part that is located on an inner surface of the door. The refrigerator further includes baskets that are each detachably mounted to the mounting part. Each basket includes a basket body that defines an accommodation space that is configured to receive food and that includes a recessed part on a bottom surface of the basket body. Each basket includes a frame that is located in the recessed part, that is configured to support the basket body, and that is detachably mounted to the mounting part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space;
a door that is mounted to the cabinet, that is configured to open and close the storage space, and that comprises (i) a main door that is configured to open and close the cabinet by rotating and that defines an opening to the storage space and (ii) a sub-door that is rotatably mounted to the main door and that is configured to open and close the opening to the storage space;
a mounting part that is located on an inner surface of the door, that defines an inner surface of the opening to the storage space, and that includes first sub-mounting parts that protrude toward the opening, that comprise metal, that are located on an inside of the mounting part, and that each comprise (i) an extension that protrudes from a side surface of the mounting part towards the opening and (ii) a bent part that is bent upward and that is at an end of the extension; and
a first basket that is detachably mounted to the mounting part, that is spaced apart from a rear surface of the sub-door, and that comprises:
a basket body that defines an accommodation space that is configured to receive food and that includes a recessed part on a bottom surface of the basket body; and
a fixing frame that is located in the recessed part, that is configured to support the basket body, that is detachably mounted to the mounting part, that comprises metal, and that includes fixing mounting parts that are each at locations that correspond to the first sub mounting parts, that are each recessed in a lower surface of the fixing frame towards a top of the first basket, and that are each configured to receive a corresponding first sub-mounting part.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the basket body comprises a transparent material such that the accommodation space is visible from outside the basket, and
wherein the fixing frame comprises an opaque material such that the corresponding first sub-mounting part is not visible.

3. The refrigerator of claim 1 , comprising:
an additional door, an additional mounting part, and an additional basket,
wherein side surfaces of the additional mounting part are each located on a corresponding inner surface of a door dike that protrudes from edges of the additional door, and
wherein the additional mounting part comprises a rear surface that is configured to connect the side surfaces.

4. The refrigerator of claim 3 , wherein the additional basket includes a support rib that protrudes from a rear surface of the additional basket and that is configured to engage the rear surface of the additional mounting part.

5. The refrigerator of claim 1 , comprising:
an additional door, an additional mounting, and an additional basket,
wherein the additional mounting part is located in door dikes that protrude from left and right edges of the door, and
wherein the additional mounting part extends in a direction parallel to a bottom surface of the additional basket.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein a side surface of an additional frame of the additional basket is configured to cover the additional mounting part by extending downward from a location corresponding to a location of the additional mounting part.

7. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein the additional mounting part includes inclined surfaces that increase in thickness towards the rear surface of the additional mounting part and that are located at front ends of the additional mounting part, and
wherein each inclined surface defines fixing grooves that are recessed in the inclined surface and that are located between the inclined surface and the rear surface of the additional mounting part.

8. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the first basket comprises:
fixing members that are each rotatably mounted, at an end of a corresponding fixing member, to the lower surface of the fixing frame,
wherein each fixing member is configured to restrain the corresponding first sub-mounting part by rotating based on the corresponding first sub-mounting part being inserted into the corresponding fixing mounting part.

9. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the mounting part includes third sub-mounting parts that protrude from lower ends of the mounting part, and
wherein the refrigerator comprises a third basket that includes a seating frame that includes seating mounting parts that are recessed in a lower surface of the seating frame and that are each configured to receive a corresponding third sub-mounting part.

10. The refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein each seating mounting part includes a seating frame protrusion that protrudes downward and that is located inside the seating mounting part, and
wherein each third sub-mounting part includes a protrusion inserting part that is configured to receive a corresponding seating mounting part.

11. The refrigerator of claim 10 , wherein each seating frame protrusion and each protrusion are angled towards a lower front portion of the refrigerator.

12. The refrigerator of claim 11 , wherein the third basket includes an additional basket body that includes a catching part that protrudes forward and that is located at a front lower end of the additional basket body, and
wherein a lower surface of the mounting part includes a protrusion step that defines a catching part supporting part that protrudes upward and that is configured to receive the catching part.

13. The refrigerator of claim 12 , wherein the opening includes a display unit that is configured to display and control an operation state of the refrigerator, and
wherein the display unit is mounted on the protrusion step.

14. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the mounting part includes second sub-mounting parts that are recessed inward towards a center of the door, and
wherein the refrigerator comprises a second basket that includes a movable frame that is configured to connect to the second sub-mounting parts and that is vertically adjustable with respect to the second sub-mounting parts.

15. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space;
a door that is mounted to the cabinet, that is configured to open and close the storage space, and that comprises (i) a main door that is configured to open and close the cabinet by rotating and that defines an opening to the storage space and (ii) a sub-door that is rotatably mounted to the main door and that is configured to open and close the opening to the storage space;
a mounting part that is located on an inner surface of the door, that defines an inner surface of the opening to the storage space, and that includes first mounting parts that protrude toward the opening, that comprise metal, and that are located on an inside of the mounting part; and
baskets that are each detachably mounted to the mounting part, that are each mounted to the mounting part, that are each spaced apart from a rear surface of the sub door, and that each comprise:
a basket body that defines an accommodation space that is configured to receive food and that includes a recessed part on a bottom surface of the basket body; and
a frame that is located in the recessed part, that is configured to support the basket body, that is detachably mounted to the mounting part, and that is a fixing frame that comprises metal and that includes fixing mounting parts that are each at locations that correspond to the first mounting parts and that are each configured to receive the first mounting parts.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jung Yongki
• Pae Chanju

Classifications

• F25D11/00

  Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators · CPC title

• F25D29/005

  Mounting of control devices · CPC title

• F25D23/025

  Secondary closures · CPC title

• F25D23/04 Primary

  with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners · CPC title

• A47B96/06

  Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves ({A47B96/022 takes precedence; } aspects of adjusting height or inclination A47B57/00 {; brackets for the display of articles A47F5/08}) · CPC title