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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Kyung-han Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Sang-oh Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seung-hwan OH, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus capable of improving convenience for a user by lifting up a basket when the basket disposed at a lower portion of a body is opened. The refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body having cooling chambers for storing food items; a frame slidingly received in a cooling chamber disposed at a lower portion of the body; a basket put on the frame and storing food items; a door positioned at the front of the frame and hingedly connected to the frame; a first link, one side of the first link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; a second link disposed across the first link, one side of the second link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; and a link drive unit connected to the first link or the second link and driving the link to allow the basket to ascend with respect to the frame.