Food storage container assembly for use in refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food storage container assembly for use in a refrigerator. The food storage container assembly 20 of the present invention comprises a container body 22 with a receiving space 24 formed therein and a partitioned storage unit 30 for forming a separate storing space within the receiving space 24. An upper frame 28 is formed on and around an upper end of the container body 22, and mounting grooves 29 are formed at a predetermined interval onto opposite sides of the upper frame 28 corresponding to opposite longitudinal sides of the container body 22. The partitioned storage unit 30 includes a pair of supporting frames 32 which are selectively seated into the mounting grooves 29 to be held onto the upper frame 28, and a partitioned space defining member 34 which connects the supporting frames 32 and forms the separate storing space within the receiving space 24. The foodstuffs are separately stored and held in the partitioned space defining member 34. A net may be used for the partitioned space defining member 34. According to the present invention, the receiving space 24 is variously partitioned into several regions for storing the foodstuffs therein. Therefore, there is an advantage in that the foodstuffs can be conveniently received and drawn out.

1 . A food storage container assembly installed in a storage space within a refrigerator for separately storing foodstuffs, comprising: 
 a container body which is installed within the storage space, is open at the top thereof, and includes a receiving space for separately storing the foodstuffs therein; and    a partitioned storage unit including supporting frames which are put onto an upper end of the container body and a partitioned space defining member which is suspended from the supporting frames, can be changed into various shapes, and forms an additional storing space within the receiving space for holding the foodstuffs therein.    
     
     
         2 . The food storage container assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a pair of the supporting frames are disposed at both ends of the partitioned space defining member, respectively, so that both ends thereof are put onto and supported by the upper end of the container body.  
     
     
         3 . The food storage container assembly as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein mounting grooves into which both ends of each of the supporting frames are seated are formed at a predetermined interval on opposite sides of the upper ends of the container body by which the supporting frames are supported.  
     
     
         4 . The food storage container assembly as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the partitioned space defining member is a net.  
     
     
         5 . The food storage container assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the container body is provided at a front surface thereof with a handle and is installed within the storage space such that it can be slid in and out in the same manner as a drawer.