JP2840587B

A refrigerator having a swing shelf swings the shelf according to the dimensions and quantity of stored items accommodated within a cooling chamber to employ the swing shelf in the stretched or erected state. The swing shelf is shaped as an alphabet "T" for swinging about a portion of crossing a horizontal plate and a vertical plate. The swinging position is classified into the stretched state and erected state, and support rods and slot parts separable from the side walls of the cooling chamber are installed for settling respective states. When the swing shelf is in the erected state, the horizontal plate is provided to the vertically-raised place to simply and conveniently accommodate the large-sized stored item regardless of the dimensions thereof.