Patents by Inventor Charles C. Whistler, Jr.

Charles C. Whistler, Jr. 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: 4173378
    Abstract: A supporting frame and cover panel assembly adapted for slidably and sealingly supporting a food storage drawer in a generally airtight sealed environment for extended food storage. The assembly includes a rectangular one-piece frame supporting a cover panel in a locked manner by a pair of trim members. A seal, suitably affixed in the side members and a rearward member, are substantially coextensive therewith such that the seal extends into a path of the drawer when the drawer is moved from its open position to its closed position, whereby when the drawer is in its closed position the seal abuts the side and rear walls of the drawer. The front cross frame member includes means for effecting a sealed relationship with the front wall of the drawer when the drawer is in its closed position to complete the generally airtight sealed environment for the food in the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1979
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Hanson, Paul E. Kronenberger, Charles C. Whistler, Jr.
  • Patent number: 3984223
    Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet having a one-piece plastic liner wherein the liner is divided by a vertically extending partition into side-by-side compartments with the front face of the partition defining a center vertical mullion provided with a condensation preventing condenser hot gas tube reverse mullion loop, integral with the hot gas tube outer loop installed into the cabinet shell peripheral flange, with the mullion loop extending upwardly from integral torsional portions adjacent the refrigerator shell bottom wall. During manufacture of the refrigerator the one-piece liner is installed by rotating the mullion loop approximately 90.degree. out of the plane of the cabinet shell front access opening by twisting the condenser tube about the torsional portions thereby clearing the access opening for insertion of the one-piece liner. After placing the liner into the cabinet shell the loop is returned to the plane of the front access opening for retention in the mullion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Charles C. Whistler, Jr.