# US 10,767,920 B1 · Refrigerator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,767,920 B1 - Document ID: US10767920B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/582,712 - Filed: 2019-09-25 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-12 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Kwang Hyun Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767920B1 ## CPC - F25D 25/025: {Drawers} - F25D 23/067: {Supporting elements} - F25D 23/069: {Cooling space dividing partitions} - F25D 25/005: {using containers} - F25D 25/04: by conveyors (in general B65G) - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) ## Abstract A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage chamber provided therein; a drawer that is slidably coupled to the cabinet and includes a door and a storage bin to receive a container or storage item therein; and an inner cover covering a rear end portion of an inner space of the storage bin, wherein the storage bin further includes a guide to facilitate mounting of the inner cover within the storage bin. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet having a storage chamber provided therein and an opening to access the storage chamber; a drawer including a front panel and a storage bin provided at a rear of the front panel, the drawer being slidably coupled to the cabinet such the front panel opens and closes the opening of cabinet; an inner cover that is configured to be received in the storage bin, a section of the inner cover being positioned over a rear end portion of an interior space of the storage bin when the inner cover is received in the storage bin; and a guide provided at a rear end of the storage bin, a surface of the guide contacting the inner cover to prevent the inner cover from moving beyond the rear end of the storage bin, wherein the guide includes: a support base that extends rearward from an upper end of a rear surface of the storage bin; and a guide protrusion that extends upward from a rear end of the support base. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the guide protrudes upward from an upper end of a rear surface of the storage bin. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein a plurality of guides are provided at the upper end of the rear surface of the storage bin. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a width of the guide protrusion is gradually reduced from a lower end thereof to an upper end thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The refrigerator of claim 4, wherein the guide protrusion has a vertical front surface and an inclined rear surface that is angled such that a lower side of the inclined rear surface is positioned further rearward than an upper side of the inclined rear surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The refrigerator of claim 5, wherein an upper end of the guide protrusion is formed in a round shape having a front side thereof that is lower than a rear side thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the inner cover includes: a front surface cover that partitions the inner space of the storage bin into a front space and a rear space and is formed in a step shape; an upper surface cover that is rotatably connected to an upper end of the front surface cover, and is provided over a rear upper surface of the front surface cover. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The refrigerator of claim 7, further comprising: a bump at a side surface in the storage bin, the bump contacting the front surface cover to prevent a rearward movement of the front surface cover. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The refrigerator of claim 8, wherein the bump is formed of an elastic material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The refrigerator of claim 9, wherein the bump protrudes to interfere with a side surface of the front surface cover. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The refrigerator of claim 10, wherein the bump protrudes to overlap the side surface of the front surface cover by at least 0.5 mm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein a lower end of the front surface cover is rotatably connected to a bottom surface of the storage bin. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The refrigerator of claim 12, further comprising: a fastening end that protrudes upward at the rear end of the storage bin, so as to support a rear end of the front surface cover, wherein the fastening end includes at least one fastening bar that is coupled to the inner cover. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The refrigerator of claim 13, wherein the upper surface cover includes a cover fastener that is provided on the rear end of the upper surface cover to be coupled to the fastening bar. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The refrigerator of claim 14, wherein the cover fastener is elastically fixed to the fastening bar. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The refrigerator of claim 14, wherein the cover fastener extends downward from a lower surface of the upper surface cover and includes a moving protrusion that contacts the fastener bar and a fixed protrusion, which are spaced apart from each other. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The refrigerator of claim 16, wherein a gap between the moving protrusion and the fixed protrusion is smaller at a lower end of the gap than at an upper end of the gap. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The refrigerator of claim 17, wherein a gap between lower ends of the moving protrusion and the fixed protrusion is smaller than an external diameter of the fastening bar. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The refrigerator of claim 18, wherein lower ends of the moving protrusion and the fixed protrusion is formed in an inclined surface or with a predetermined curvature. ### Claim 20 A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet having a storage chamber provided therein and an opening to access the storage chamber; a drawer including a front panel and a storage bin provided rear of the front panel, the drawer being slidably coupled to the cabinet such the front panel opens and closes the opening of cabinet; an inner cover that is configured to be received in the storage bin, a section of the inner cover being positioned over a rear end portion of an interior space of the storage bin; and a guide provided at a rear end of the storage bin, a surface of the guide contacting the inner cover to prevent the inner cover from moving beyond the rear end of the storage bin, wherein the inner cover includes: a front surface cover that partitions the inner space of the storage bin into a front space and a rear space and is formed in a step shape; an upper surface cover that is rotatably connected to an upper end of the front surface cover and is provided over a rear upper surface of the front surface cover.