Patents by Inventor Allen L. Wilkins

Allen L. Wilkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5040856
    Abstract: A comestible storage compartment for a refrigeration unit including a drawer slidably received in a supporting frame. The drawer is molded in the form of a tub having a bottom wall, side and end walls and a front wall lip. A front wall panel is disposed in a free standing relationship on the front wall lip approximate the forward edges of the side walls. A front wall cover is disposed over the front wall panel and is secured to the forward edges of the side walls to hold the panel on the lip.A lateral flange projects outwardly from the side walls and includes a downturned lip for defining a drawer track channel. Inwardly directed ribs extend longitudinally from the drawer frame and are disposed for spaced flow interrupting relationship with the lip on the lateral flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Freezer Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen L. Wilkins, Philip F. Hottmann, Mark J. Blahnik, Jerome Caruso
  • Patent number: 4867512
    Abstract: A storage module for adjustable disposition within a cavity, bounded by opposed side walls, of a refrigerator unit. The module being secured therein by a spaced array of complimentary fixturing projections and fixturing cavities which are oriented angularly upwardly. The fixturing projections and fixturing cavities being arranged for selective mating engagement therebetween and positional restraint of the module in a predetermined location within the cavity. The fixturing projections and fixturing cavities being stabilized by a tribiological interface along at least a portion of the mating surfaces between the projections and cavities to restrain the module against dislodgment forces. The projections and cavities are tapered in the plane of movement of the module of each of the projections and cavities including an upper surface disposed at a first angle in the plane and a lower surface disposed at a second angle in the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Freezer Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Allen L. Wilkins, Philip F. Hottmann, Jerome Caruso
  • Patent number: RE34377
    Abstract: A storage module for adjustable disposition within a cavity, bounded by opposed side walls, of a refrigerator unit. The module being secured therein by a spaced array of complimentary fixturing projections and fixturing cavities which are oriented angularly upwardly. The fixturing projections and fixturing cavities being arranged for selective mating engagement therebetween and positional restraint of the module in a predetermined location within the cavity. The fixturing projections and fixturing cavities being stabilized by a tribological interface along at least a portion of the mating surfaces between the projections and cavities to restrain the module against dislodgment forces. The projections and cavities are tapered in the plane of movement of the module of each of the projections and cavities including an upper surface disposed at a first angle in the plane and a lower surface disposed at a second angle in the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Freezer Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Allen L. Wilkins, Philip F. Hottmann, Jerome Caruso