A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a cabinet, a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a plurality of baskets each coupled to an interior side of the door. Each basket may include upwardly inclined bottom surface such that an upper one of a pair of vertically-adjacent baske
A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a cabinet, a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a plurality of baskets each coupled to an interior side of the door. Each basket may include upwardly inclined bottom surface such that an upper one of a pair of vertically-adjacent baskets does not interfere with the basket below it.
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1. A refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet defining a storage space that is opened at one side thereof;a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to open and close the opened side of the storage space;a rack provided at an interior side of the door, anda basket rotatably coupled to the rack by a hinge st
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A refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet defining a storage space that is opened at one side thereof;a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to open and close the opened side of the storage space;a rack provided at an interior side of the door, anda basket rotatably coupled to the rack by a hinge structure, the basket comprising: a bottom wall extending between two opposite lateral side walls, the two opposite lateral side walls extending upward from opposite longitudinal ends of the bottom wall; anda front wall extending upward from a front end of the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall comprises: a first panel positioned corresponding to the rack; anda second panel extending upward at an incline from and end of the first panel,wherein a top end of each of the two opposite lateral side walls each include a first downwardly inclined portion,wherein the rack has a first end thereof coupled to and extending outward from the interior side of the door, wherein the hinge structure rotatably coupling the basket to the rack comprises a hinge shaft installed at a second end of the rack opposite the first end thereof, and wherein the basket is rotatably coupled to the rack by the hinge shaft at an intermediate portion of the two opposite lateral side wall, andwherein the basket comprises a first storage portion positioned on the rack, and a second storage portion that protrudes outward form the rack, and wherein the first panel of the bottom wall of the basket corresponds to the first storage portion, and the second panel of the bottom wall of the basket corresponds to the second storage portion. 2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the first downwardly inclined portion of the top end of each of the two opposite lateral side walls of the basket corresponds to the second storage portion. 3. The refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising a side frame provided on the interior side of the door and partially covering the two opposite lateral side walls of the basket, wherein a portion of the two opposite lateral side walls covered by the side frame are concave to a depth corresponding to a thickness of the side frame. 4. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein the side frame comprises a plurality of first engagement portions each formed at a portion of the side frame facing a corresponding lateral side wall of the basket, and wherein the basket comprises a second engagement portion formed at each of the two opposite lateral side walls such that the second engagement portion is engaged with the first engagement portion when the basket is rotated into the side frame, and is disengaged when the basket is rotated away from the side frame. 5. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the rack comprises a stopper extending forward from the hinge shaft, wherein the stopper includes an inclined upper surface that selectively contacts the second panel of the bottom wall of the basket as the basket rotates about the hinge shaft to restrict a rotation angle of the basket. 6. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the basket has a center of weight at the first storage portion adjacent to the hinge shaft. 7. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the top end of the two opposite lateral side walls each include a second downwardly inclined portion extending from the intermediate portion to the first end thereof, such that the second downwardly inclined portion of the top end of the two opposite lateral side walls corresponds to the first storage portion of the basket, and the first downwardly inclined portion of the top end of the two opposite lateral side walls and the upwardly inclined panel of the bottom wall correspond to the second storage portion of the basket. 8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein a height at the intermediate portion of each of the two opposite lateral side walls of the basket is greater than a height at the second end of the respective lateral side wall. 9. The refrigerator of claim 8, wherein the height of the second end of each of the two opposite lateral side walls is approximately 80% of the height at the intermediate portion thereof. 10. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a dimension of the second storage portion in a front to rear direction is greater than a dimension of the first storage portion in the front to rear direction. 11. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a width of the second storage portion is greater than a width of the first storage portion. 12. A refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet defining an interior space therein that is opened on one side thereof;a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to open and close the opened side of the inner space;a plurality of racks coupled to an interior side of the door;a plurality of baskets respectively coupled to the plurality of racks, each of the plurality of baskets comprising: a front wall provided at an access side of the basket;a bottom wall that is received on a corresponding rack of the plurality of racks, the bottom wall including a bottom inclined portion extending at an upward incline from an intermediate portion thereof to a bottom end of the front wall; anda pair of lateral side walls respectively provided at opposite ends of the bottom wall, a top end of each of the pair of lateral side walls including a top inclined portion extending at a downward incline from an intermediate portion thereof to a top end of the front wall,wherein each of the plurality of baskets is coupled to a respective rack of the plurality of racks by a shaft that extends from the rack into a corresponding one of the pair of lateral side walls of the basket at the intermediate portion thereof such that each basket is rotatable about its respective shaft, andwherein each of the plurality of racks comprises a stopper extending forward from the respective shaft, the stopper including an inclined upper surface that selectively contacts the respective basket as the basket rotates about the shaft to restrict a rotation angle of the basket. 13. The refrigerator of claim 12, wherein a height of each of the pair of lateral side walls at the intermediate portion is a maximum height that is greater than a height of the front wall of each of the plurality of baskets. 14. The refrigerator of claim 12, wherein the shaft is coupled to a lower portion of the corresponding lateral side wall proximate to the bottom wall such that the basket rotates about a bottom end thereof. 15. The refrigerator of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of baskets further comprises a rear wall provided at a door side of the basket, wherein the top end of each of the pair of lateral side walls includes a curved portion curving downward from the intermediate portion thereof to the rear wall. 16. A refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet defining a storage space that is opened at one side thereof;a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to open and close the opened side of the storage space;a rack provided at the door; anda basket rotatably coupled to the rack by a hinge structure, the basket comprising: a bottom wall;two lateral side walls extending upward from opposite ends of the bottom wall, wherein a top end of each of the two lateral side walls are downwardly inclined; anda front wall extending upward from a front end of the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall comprises: a first panel positioned at an inner side of the hinge structure, between the hinge structure and the door; anda second panel positioned at an outer side of the hinge structure, between the hinge structure and the front wall, and extending upward at an incline from an end of the first panel,wherein the rack has a first end thereof coupled to and extending outward from the interior side of the door, wherein the hinge structure rotatably coupling the basket to the rack comprises a hinge shaft installed at a second end of the rack opposite the first end thereof, and wherein the basket is rotatably coupled to the rack by the hinge shaft at an intermediate portion of the two opposite lateral side wall,wherein the basket comprises a first storage portion positioned on the rack, and a second storage portion that protrudes outward form the rack, and wherein the first panel of the bottom wall of the basket corresponds to the first storage portion, and the second panel of the bottom wall of the basket corresponds to the second storage portion.
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