CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application claims a benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2018-0145554, filed in Korea on Nov. 22, 2018, on the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.

BACKGROUND

1. Field

The present disclosure relates to a storage container and a refrigerator having the same.

2. Background

A refrigerator may be a home appliance that allows a user to store food at a low temperature in an internal storage chamber that is shielded by a door. The refrigerator may have a refrigerator body having a storage chamber formed therein, a door for opening and closing the storage chamber, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus for providing cold air to the storage chamber.

The refrigeration cycle apparatus may include a vapor compression type refrigeration cycle apparatus including a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser in which the refrigerant emits heat and is condensed, an expansion device in which the refrigerant is depressurized and expanded, and an evaporator in which the refrigerant absorbs latent heat from the surrounding and is evaporated. Further, the refrigerator may include at least one storage container accommodated in the storage chamber. The storage container may accommodate food therein. For example, the storage container may accommodate food such as kimchi.

Regarding the refrigerator having such a storage container, a following related art document 1 has been filed. 1. Publication Number: No. 10-2016-0024231 (Publication Date: Mar. 4, 2016). 2. Title: Storage container and refrigerator having the same.

The related art document 1 discloses a storage container having a container body having an inner space defined therein, and a container cover coupled to the container body. In this connection, the container body is made of stainless steel.

There is a problem that the storage container of the related art document 1 configured as described above is too heavy. Accordingly, there is a problem that a user using the storage container and the refrigerator including the same has inconvenience.

