Patents by Inventor Donald G. Falk

Donald G. Falk 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: 6799818
    Abstract: A storage module for a refrigeration appliance includes a base having opposing side supports and a basket hingedly coupled to said side supports and tiltable about a rotational axis therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rania Mohanna Ahmed, Donald G. Falk
  • Publication number: 20030098635
    Abstract: An organizer for a refrigeration appliance storage pan is provided. The organizer includes a base having opposite first and second surfaces and a plurality of openings extending therethrough, and an upstanding wall received in at least one of said openings and dividing one of said first and second surfaces into separate areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Oleg Berezovskiy, Norman J. Boulard, Donald G. Falk
  • Publication number: 20030080661
    Abstract: A storage module for a refrigeration appliance includes a base having opposing side supports and a basket hingedly coupled to said side supports and tiltable about a rotational axis therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Rania Mohanna Ahmed, Donald G. Falk
  • Patent number: 5358326
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerated compartment with an access opening and a door mounted to selectively close the opening. The door includes vertically extending front and side walls. An elongated support member is removably mounted to each side wall by screws which extend through the side walls and are received in elongated stiffening members inside the door. A decorative cover overlies the front wall of the door and is removably secured to each support member. A handle is mounted to the front of the cover by screws which support the handle and cover from one of the support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David N. Cherry, Donald G. Falk
  • Patent number: 4934337
    Abstract: An improved retractable venting arrangement applicable to cooktops and ranges which have surface heating units supported from a supporting surface such as a countertop. A retractable vent member vertically moves through an opening in the support surface proximate the heating units between a lowered position beneath the support surface and a raised position extending above the surface. A pivotally mounted cover member covers the opening. The cover is opened and closed by the vent member which engages and moves the cover member to its open position as the vent member moves to its raised position. The cover member is held in its open position by the vent member, and returns to its closed position as the vent member returns to its lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Donald G. Falk
  • Patent number: 4735470
    Abstract: A refrigerator food storage compartment having a shelf assembly, including a pair of vertically extending laterally spaced rail members. A shelf is supported on a pair of horizontally extending arm members which are positioned on the rail members. Carried on the shelf assembly is a secondary food storage arrangement supporting a plurality of containers. The arm members include confronting grooves arranged below the shelf. Slidably arranged in the grooves is a container supporting frame which includes pairs of confronting flanges supporting the containers. Forward travel of the container supporting frame relative to the shelf assembly provides access to the containers. The front portion of the frame includes a front opening through which the containers may be removed while the container supporting frame remains positoned below the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Donald G. Falk
  • Patent number: 4209999
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a freezer compartment with a primary door and an automatic motor-driven ice dispenser within the freezing compartment. The ice dispenser includes an ice mold, an ice ejecting arrangement, a receptacle for receiving ice pieces from the mold, and a rotatable dispensing means positioned within the receptacle for moving the ice pieces through the receptacle and discharging the ice pieces from an opening in the receptacle. There is provided a passage through the primary door for receiving the ice pieces from the receptacle outlet when the primary door is closed. A recess is in communication with the passage and has an opening in the exterior surface of the primary door. The recess has a secondary door hingedly secured to the primary door that seals the opening on the exterior surface of the primary door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald G. Falk, William J. Armstrong
  • Patent number: D258010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thurman Bowls, Donald G. Falk, Jon M. Newgard
  • Patent number: D327538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald G. Falk, Charles H. Schmitt
  • Patent number: D342641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Donald G. Falk
  • Patent number: D343336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Donald G. Falk
  • Patent number: D343989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Donald G. Falk
  • Patent number: D346306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Donald G. Falk