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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Hong Sik Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Yong Hun Chang, Seoul, KR;
Jung Yeon Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Seon IL Yu, Seoul, KR;
Hong Sik Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Yong Hun Chang, Seoul, KR;
Jung Yeon Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Seon Il Yu, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet configured to define an exterior boundary of the refrigerator. The refrigerator also includes a first storage chamber defined by interior walls of the cabinet and configured to store food stuffs. The refrigerator further includes a first door configured to open and close the first storage chamber by rotating about a rotational axis. In addition, the refrigerator includes a second storage chamber that is smaller than the first storage chamber defined at a side of the first door, and that is configured to enable access to food stuffs while the first door remains closed and a second door, located in a predetermined portion of the first door, configured to open and close the second storage chamber by rotating the rotational axis, wherein a rotation direction of the second door is identical to the rotation direction of the first door.