Patents by Inventor Erkki Parkkinen

Erkki Parkkinen 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).

  • Publication number: 20040245900
    Abstract: A surface structure for providing a visible surface for household appliances and refrigeration equipment. The surface structure comprises a thin sheet to be placed upon a household appliance or refrigeration equipment, the sheet forming a visible surface and two opposite edges of the sheet being bent at both edges at two bending points at a distance from each other substantially in parallel with each other relative to the sheet, and at the same edge in the same bending direction in such a way that both edges of the sheet are provided with a groove-like space on the same side of the sheet. The edges of the door or wall of the household appliance or refrigeration equipment fit into the groove when the sheet is mounted in place upon the door or wall of the household appliance or refrigeration equipment, whereby the edges of the sheet become positioned in the space behind the edge of the door or wall of the household appliance or refrigeration equipment and fix the sheet in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Erkki Parkkinen