Door basket for refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention relates to a door basket for a refrigerator provided on a rear surface of a refrigerator and for receiving the food. According to the present invention, there is provided a basket main body having a predetermined receiving space formed therein. In addition, a guide holder is detachably installed on the basket main body. A guide bar for supporting a side of food received in the receiving space is coupled rotatably about the guide holder. Also, an elastic member is provided in one side of the guide bar to exert an elastic force on the guide bar to be spaced apart from an upper end of the basket main body by a predetermined distance. According to the present invention, the guide bar can be easily installed to the basket main body without deformation of the basket main body. When the guide bar is installed, the guide bar supports the food received in the receiving space in a state where the guide bar is spaced apart from the basket main body by a predetermined distance. However, when the food is received in the receiving space or taken out of the receiving space, one side of the food pushes down the guide bar and passes through the guide bar, so that the food can be easily taken in and out.

1 . A door basket for a refrigerator, comprising: 
 a basket main body having a predetermined receiving space formed therein;    a guide bar installed rotatably about an upper end of one wall of the basket main body, the guide bar supporting food received in the receiving space while being spaced apart upward from an upper end of the basket main body by a predetermined distance; and    an elastic member exerting an elastic force on the guide bar so that the guide bar can be spaced apart upward from the upper end of the basket main body by the predetermined distance.    
   
   
       2 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a guide holder detachably installed to one side of the basket main body, the guide holder supporting the guide bar rotatably about the upper end of the one wall of the basket main body.  
   
   
       3 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the guide holder has an insertion groove formed in a lower end thereof to be fitted into the upper end of the one wall of the basket main body, whereby the guide holder is detachably installed to an upper end of the one wall of the basket main body.  
   
   
       4 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the guide bar comprises a catching portion formed in a shape corresponding to an edge of an upper end of a front wall of the basket main body, connecting portions perpendicularly bent from both ends of the catching portion and corresponding to upper ends of both side walls of the basket main body, and coupling portions perpendicularly bent from ends of the connecting portions in a direction in which the coupling portions face each other to be inserted into coupling holes formed in both side ends of the guide holder, the coupling portions being rotatable about the coupling holes, whereby the guide bar is rotated upward and downward with respect to the guide holder.  
   
   
       5 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is a torsion spring installed on the coupling portion and having both ends respectively fixed to the connecting portion and a fixing hole formed on the guide holder, and the guide bar is arranged to be inclined upward toward a front end of the basket main body by an elastic force generated from the torsion spring thereby supporting the food received in the receiving space.  
   
   
       6 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 5 , further comprising a spring cap formed with a seating groove, in which a portion of the coupling portion and a portion of the connecting portion adjacent to the coupling portion are seated when in a state where the coupling portion is inserted into the coupling hole, thereby covering the torsion spring.  
   
   
       7 . A door basket for a refrigerator, comprising: 
 a basket main body detachably installed to a rear surface of a refrigerator door and having a predetermined receiving space formed therein with an upper side opened;    a guide holder detachably provided on an upper end of a rear wall of the basket main body;    a guide bar being rotatable about the guide holder and selectively supporting food received in the receiving space; and    an elastic member for supporting the guide bar to be spaced apart from an upper end of the basket main body by a predetermined height.    
   
   
       8 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein an insertion groove, into which the upper end of the rear wall of the basket main body is fitted, is formed in a lower end of the guide holder to extend in its lengthwise direction; coupling holes, into which both ends of the guide bar are rotatably coupled, are formed in both side surfaces of the guide holder; and a fixing groove, to which one end of the elastic member is fixed, is formed in one of the side surfaces of the guide holder.  
   
   
       9 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the guide bar comprises a catching portion, which is formed in a shape corresponding to an upper end of a front wall of the basket main body, and to which an upper end of food received in the receiving space is caught in a process of taking out the food; connecting portions perpendicularly bent from both ends of the catching portion rearward and corresponding to upper ends of both side walls of the basket main body; and coupling portions perpendicularly bent from ends of the connecting portions in a direction in which the coupling portions face each other and inserted into the coupling holes.  
   
   
       10 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the elastic member is provided on one of the coupling portions, one end of the elastic member is inserted into the fixing groove of the guide holder and the other end of the elastic member supports a lower end of a portion of the connecting portion adjacent to the coupling portion, whereby the connecting portion is inclined upward toward the upper end of the front wall of the basket main body and the catching portion is spaced apart upward from the upper end of the front wall of the basket main body by a predetermined height.  
   
   
       11 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the elastic member is a torsion spring exerting an elastic force on the connecting portion for the guide bar to be rotated upward about the coupling portion.  
   
   
       12 . The door basket as claimed in  claim 11 , further comprising a spring cap provided for enclosing the coupling portion and an upper end of the connecting portion adjacent to the coupling portion to cover the torsion spring, the spring cap being rotated together with the guide bar.