Door basket for refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention relates to a door basket for a refrigerator provided on a rear surface of a refrigerator and for receiving the food. According to the present invention, there is provided a basket main body having a predetermined receiving space formed therein. In addition, a guide holder is detachably installed on the basket main body. A guide bar for supporting a side of food received in the receiving space is coupled rotatably about the guide holder. Also, an elastic member is provided in one side of the guide bar to exert an elastic force on the guide bar to be spaced apart from an upper end of the basket main body by a predetermined distance. According to the present invention, the guide bar can be easily installed to the basket main body without deformation of the basket main body. When the guide bar is installed, the guide bar supports the food received in the receiving space in a state where the guide bar is spaced apart from the basket main body by a predetermined distance. However, when the food is received in the receiving space or taken out of the receiving space, one side of the food pushes down the guide bar and passes through the guide bar, so that the food can be easily taken in and out.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a door basket for a refrigerator provided on a rear surface of a refrigerator and for receiving food. [0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0004] A door basket for a refrigerator according to a prior art is illustrated in FIG. 1. [0005] As shown in the figure, protrusions 13 are formed to vertically extend on both sides of a rear surface of a door 10 of a refrigerator. A plurality of door baskets 20 are provided on the rear surface of the door 10 between the protrusions 13. [0006] A basket main body 21 of the door basket 20 is formed to laterally extend in a rectangular hexahedron shape with an upper side opened, and a receiving space 21s for receiving food is provided in the basket main body 21. Fixing holes 21a are formed on upper ends of both side walls of the basket main body 21, respectively. [0007] The door basket 20 is provided with a gu...

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Benefits of technology

[0014] Another object of the present invention is to provide to a door basket for a refrigerator configured to more easily take in and out food.

[0019] Preferably, the elastic member is a torsion spring installed on the coupling portion and having both ends respectively fixed to the connecting portion and a fixing hole formed on the guide holder, and the guide bar is arranged to be inclined upward toward a front end of the basket main body by an elastic force generated from the torsion spring thereby supporting the food received in the receiving space.

[0027] According to the door basket for a refrigerator of the present invention so configured, there are advantages in that the component commonality can be achieved and the food can also be easily taken in and out.

Problems solved by technology

However, the door basket for a refrigerator according to the prior art has the following problems.

Accordingly, there is a disadvantage in that the guide bar 25 interferes with the operation of taking in and out the food, thus causing a user inconvenience.

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