Refrigerator

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a shelf constructed in a structure in which a support panel is mounted on a frame. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment defined therein and a shelf mounted in the storage compartment. The shelf includes a support panel, a frame to support the edge of the support panel, a support protrusion formed along the inside edge of the frame to support the lower edge of the support panel, catchers formed at the front corners of the frame to catch the front corners of the support panel, and coupling members mounted at the rear corners of the frame to fix the rear corners of the support panel.

1 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a main body defining a storage compartment therein; and a shelf mounted in the storage compartment,   wherein the shelf includes:
 a support panel, 
 a frame to support an edge of the support panel, 
 a support protrusion formed along an inside edge of the frame to support a lower edge of the support panel, 
 a plurality of catchers formed at front corners of the frame to catch front corners of the support panel, and 
   a plurality of coupling members mounted at rear corners of the frame to fix rear corners of the support panel.   
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein a top of the support protrusion, excluding regions corresponding to the plurality of the catchers, is open. 
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein each of the coupling members includes a support part to cover a top of the corresponding corner of the support panel and a plurality of hook coupling parts mounted to the frame, and   wherein the frame is provided at the rear corners thereof with catching grooves, in which the hook coupling parts are coupled.   
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of catchers are formed in a shape to cover a top of the front corners of the support panel. 
   
   
       5 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a shelf comprising:   a support panel, and   a frame fixed at corners of the support panel so that non-corner portions of the support panel are exposed.