Lighting device, and storage compartment

Abstract

A larger amount of light generated by a light source is emitted to the interior of an accommodation chamber. A lighting device provided on a side wall of an accommodation chamber of a refrigerator includes a light source that generates light, and a cover including a light incident portion on which the light generated by the light source is incident. The cover includes a light exit portion that includes a protrusion formed at a front surface facing the interior of a storage compartment, and causes light to exit to the interior of the storage compartment, and a light reflection diffusion portion that is formed on the back side of the light exit portion at a back surface facing the light source side, includes a plurality of recesses each having an inner peripheral surface, and directs light toward the protrusion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.