Abstract: A refrigerator having a storage container adapted to be forwardly openable, a cover member installed to be movable with respect to the storage container, and adapted to open the storage container in a forwardly moved state of the storage container, and to close the storage container in a rearwardly moved state of the storage container, a plate member fixed to an inner wall of the refrigerator, and operating levers hingeably mounted on the plate member, and adapted to operatively connect the storage container and the cover member. It is possible to put food having a large size into the storage container and to remove food stored in a rear inner portion of the storage container, thereby securing the utility of the large-size storage container while providing an improved convenience in use to the user, and thus, an improved satisfaction to the user.

Abstract: A refrigerator equipped with a storage container, wherein the storage container includes a container body, a cover slidably laid on the container body to partially cover the top of the container body, rack gears respectively provided at the cover and the container body, and a pinion engaged between the rack gears, to rotate in accordance with a movement of the rack gear provided at the container body to move the rack gear provided at the cover in a direction opposite to that of the rack gear provided at the container body, such that the cover is rearwardly moved when the container body is forwardly moved to be opened, thereby increasing an opened degree of the container body.