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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 25/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 19/00 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/04 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05C 17/00 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 11/00 (2013.01); E05B 65/0042 (2013.01); E05C 17/025 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/04 (2013.01); F25D 29/006 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body, a storage room defined in the main body, and a cooling device configured to cool the storage room. The refrigerator also includes a door rotatably connected to the main body and configured to open and close the storage room. The refrigerator also includes a door storage mounted to the door and having a side storage portion that is accessible when the door is open to an acute opening angle. In addition, the refrigerator includes a door locking mechanism configured to selectively lock the door at the acute opening angle at which the side storage portion is exposed between the main body and the door.