| US 7,581,796 B2 | ||
| Refrigerator having basket lift apparatus | ||
| Kyung-Han Jeong, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Sang-Oh Kim, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Seung-Hwan Oh, Gyeonggi-Do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 10, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/136,426. | ||
| Application 12/136426 is a division of application No. 11/178438, filed on Jul. 12, 2005, granted, now 7,396,093. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0059927 (KR), filed on Jul. 29, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0238278 A1, Oct. 02, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A47B 88/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 312—402 [312/310; 312/325] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A refrigerator comprising:
a body having a cooling chamber;
a frame received in the cooling chamber to be movable in back and forth directions of the body;
a door rotatably mounted at the frame;
a basket positioned on the frame for storing food;
a first link rotatably connected between the basket and the frame;
a second link arranged to cross the first link, rotatably connected to the basket, and slidably connected to the frame;
a connecting link connected between the first link and the door for lifting the basket when the door is forwardly rotated;
and
a locking unit for locking the door not to rotate;
wherein the locking unit comprises:
a locking hole formed at a front side of the frame;
a locking hook movably mounted at the door and locked in the locking hole; and
a spring for providing an elastic force to the locking hook so that the locking hook can maintain a locked state in the locking
hole.
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