Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017191739-A1
Application number	US-201715397860-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 4, 2017
Priority date	Jan 5, 2016
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

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 and that is configured to open and close the storage space; a mounting part that is located on an inner surface of the door; and baskets that are each detachably mounted to the mounting part 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, and that is detachably mounted to the mounting part.

2 . The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein each frame comprises:
a frame body that has a rectangular ring shape and that is located in the recessed part; and frame mounting parts that are located on each side of the frame body and that are mounted to the mounting part.

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

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

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

6 . The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the mounting part is part of mounting parts that are located in door dikes that protrude from left and right edges of the door, and
wherein the mounting parts extend in a direction parallel to a bottom surface of a corresponding basket.

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

8 . The refrigerator of claim 6 , wherein the mounting part includes inclined surfaces that increase in thickness towards the rear surface of the mounting part and that are located at front ends of the 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 mounting part.

9 . The refrigerator of claim 8 , wherein each frame defines guide grooves that are configured to receive the mounting part, and
wherein each frame includes a resilient part that defines a lower surface of each guide groove and that is configured to deform vertically based on engaging the mounting part.

10 . The refrigerator of claim 9 , wherein each frame includes a fixing protrusion that extends downward and that defines an interval between the fixing protrusion and the resilient part that is smaller than a thickness of the mounting part, and
wherein the fixing protrusion is in a location that corresponds to a corresponding fixing groove based on the basket being mounted to the mounting part.

11 . The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the door comprises:
a main door that is configured to open and close the cabinet by rotating and that defines an opening to the storage space, 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, and wherein the mounting part defines an inner surface of the opening to the storage space, and wherein each basket is mounted to the mounting part and is spaced apart from a rear surface of the sub-door.

12 . The refrigerator of claim 11 , wherein:
the mounting part includes first mounting parts that protrude toward the opening, that comprise metal, and that are located on an inside of the mounting part, and each frame is a fixing frame that comprises metal and that includes fixing mounting parts that are at locations that correspond to the first mounting parts and that are configured to receive the first mounting parts.

13 . The refrigerator of claim 12 , wherein:
each first mounting part comprises an extension that protrudes from a side surface of the mounting part towards the opening and a bent part that is bent upward and that is at an end of the extension, and wherein each fixing mounting part is recessed in a lower surface of the fixing frame towards a top of the corresponding basket and is configured to receive a corresponding first mounting part.

14 . The refrigerator of claim 13 , further comprising:
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 mounting part by rotating based on the corresponding first mounting part being inserted into the corresponding fixing mounting part.

15 . The refrigerator of claim 13 , wherein the mounting part includes third mounting parts that comprise plastic and that protrude from lower ends of the mounting part, and
wherein the frame is a seating frame that comprises plastic and that includes seating mounting parts that are recessed in a lower surface of the frame and that are each configured to receive a corresponding third mounting part.

16 . The refrigerator of claim 15 , 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 mounting part includes a protrusion inserting part that is configured to receive a corresponding seating mounting part.

17 . The refrigerator of claim 16 , wherein each seating frame protrusion and each protrusion are angled towards a lower front portion of the refrigerator.

18 . The refrigerator of claim 17 , wherein the basket body includes a catching part that protrudes forward and that is located at a front lower end of the basket body, and
wherein a lower surface of the mounting part includes a protrusion step that defines a catching supporting part that protrudes upward and that is configured to receive the catching protrusion.

19 . The refrigerator of claim 18 , 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.

20 . The refrigerator of claim 11 , wherein an inner surface of the mounting part includes second mounting parts that are recessed inward towards a center of the door, and
wherein the frame is a movable frame that is configured to connect to the second mounting parts and that is vertically adjustable with respect to the second mounting parts.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jung Yongki
• Pae Chanju

Classifications

• F25D29/005

  Mounting of control devices · CPC title

• F25D23/025

  Secondary closures · 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

• F25D23/04 Primary

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

• F25D11/00

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