Door-type Closure Having Article Support Patents (Class 312/321.5)
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Patent number: 11150006Abstract: A refrigerator comprises: a storage compartment, at least divided into a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment a first evaporator, arranged at a cooling compartment connected to the storage compartments through supply air ducts; a second evaporator, arranged inside the freezing compartment a switching valve, used to switch the flow of a refrigerant to a refrigerant channel connected to the second evaporator; a fan, used to enable cooled air in the first evaporator to flow from the cooling compartment to the storage compartments; a first air duct damper, inserted in the supply air duct connected to the refrigerating compartment and a second air duct damper, inserted in the supply air duct connected to the freezing compartment.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD., HAIER ASIA CO., LTD.Inventors: Gongye Guanye, Changzhi Fengdao
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Patent number: 11015860Abstract: A door for closing a compartment of a cooled kitchen appliance having a door liner and a storage bin mounted to the door liner. The door liner comprises a first side configured to face the compartment that the door closes, walls protruding from the first side of the liner, and a ledge also protruding from the first side of the liner. The storage bin comprises walls which, together with the walls and ledge of the liner, define a storage space that can store items. The storage bin and door liner can comprise mating lug features that allow the storage bin to be mounted to the door liner. In one example, the storage bin can comprise an isolated sub-section defining an isolated storage space separate from the rest of the storage space of the storage bin.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Bruno Rodrigues Bassani, Cristhian Camilo Serrano Camacho, Carlos Cordero
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Patent number: 11009287Abstract: The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage room, a door for opening and closing the storage room, and a camera device having a plurality of cameras for photographing the storage room and mounted on the inner surface of the door. The state of the storage room can be checked without opening the door by the camera device.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Mo Kim, Po Cheon Kim, Dong Won Koo, Woo Chul Cho, Sun Hwan Joo, Oun Gu Lee
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Patent number: 10982897Abstract: An appliance may include a cabinet, a door, a mullion, and a damping assembly. The cabinet may define a chamber. The door may be coupled to the cabinet and rotatable between an open position and a closed position to selectively seal the chamber. The mullion may have an inner face and an outer face. The mullion may be rotatably coupled to the door via a hinge defining an axial direction between a first position and a second position. The damping assembly may include a stopper wedge and a mated wedge. The stopper wedge may be fixed to the door. The stopper wedge may have a primary face extending along a nonparallel angle relative to the longitudinal plane. The mated wedge may be fixed to the mullion. The mated wedge may have a receiving face complementary to the primary face of the stopper wedge to engage therewith in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Daryl Lee Reuter
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Patent number: 10677514Abstract: A refrigerator door bin assembly includes a door liner defining a first side wall defining a supporting base extending from the first side wall. The supporting base defines a locking channel therein. The assembly further includes a bin body defining a first outer wall facing and positioned adjacent to the first side wall of the door liner. The first outer wall of the bin body defines an alignment channel receiving the supporting base therein. A locking rib extends within the alignment channel to engage with the locking channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Edson Isaltino Bento, Luiz Afrânio Alves Ferreira, Guilherme Nehring, Ademar Testoni
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Patent number: 10512327Abstract: A pedestal for a conference table or other furniture has a shell having an opening, and a rack for electronic equipment mounted within the opening. The rack is pivotable about a vertical axis between a stowed position in which the rack is entirely within the pedestal and an access position in which the rack is largely outside the pedestal.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Legrand AV Inc.Inventors: Andreas Pappas, Dean Wheelan
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Patent number: 10465972Abstract: A container (10) has a plurality of storage spaces arranged in rows. The container (10) is installable on the inner side of a door (11a) of a refrigerator (1). The storage space of the frontmost row is shallower than at least one of the storage spaces of back rows when the container (10) is installed on the door (11a). The refrigerator (1) includes a refrigeration compartment (1), and a door (11a) installed on the refrigeration compartment (1). At least one container (10) is installed on the inner side of the door (11a).Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuya Hasegawa, Yohei Morita
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Patent number: 10443920Abstract: Provided is a multifunctional chamber and a refrigerator. The chamber comprises a door body, an inner container enclosed by a plurality of plate bodies, at least one opening provided in at least one of the plurality of plate bodies, a moisture preserving module disposed at the opening and used for regulating and controlling the humidity of the chamber, an upper cover movably disposed on the moisture preserving module, and at least one air port provided in at least one of the plurality of plate bodies and used for discharging moisture from the chamber. When the chamber is at a high-humidity mode, the upper cover moves at the moisture preserving module to expose the moisture preserving module; and when the chamber is at drying mode, the upper cover completely covers the moisture preserving module.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Qingdao Haier Joint Stock Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kexin Chen, Weiying Zhang, Enwei Ding, Min Li, Aimin Wang, Guoxin Yu
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Patent number: 10260796Abstract: A refrigerator includes a compressor to compress refrigerant, a condenser to liquefy the refrigerant supplied from the compressor, a capillary tube to decompress and expand the refrigerant supplied from the condenser, an evaporator to vaporize the refrigerant supplied from the capillary tube, a shutoff valve installed at an inlet of the capillary tube so as to prevent the refrigerant in the condenser during stoppage of the compressor from being moved to the evaporator, and a control unit to enable the shutoff valve to be blocked together so as to prevent movement of the refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator during stoppage of the compressor, and to enable the shutoff valve to be opened together so as to move the refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator during starting of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jee Hoon Lee, Sang Gyu Jung, Seung Yong Yang, Jae Sek Oh, Kae Hum Lee, Sung Cheul Park, Jong Nam Lee, Ho June Jeong
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Patent number: 10018396Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes at least one freezer compartment and at least one refrigerator compartment, wherein the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment are defined by a plurality of interior surfaces. The refrigerator further includes a cooling module set (CMS) removably attached to at least one of the plurality of interior surfaces, wherein the CMS is configured to operate in any orientation of a plurality of orientations, and the CMS is further configured to be repositionable with respect to the plurality of interior surfaces to alter a shape of at least one of the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Alberto R. Gomes, Luiz Antonio D. Lopes, Guolian Wu, Luciana Wasnievski Da Silva
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Patent number: 10012427Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed including a refrigerator compartment configured to store food, and a door configured to selectively open and close the refrigerator compartment. The door includes a first frame disposed on a front surface and side surfaces of the door, and second frames connected to a top and a bottom of the first frame, where the first frame and/or the second frames including fixing portions configured to fix the first frame to the second frames. A manufacturing method for efficiently manufacturing a refrigerator is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics CorporationInventor: Woo Cheol Cheon
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Patent number: 9989297Abstract: For the purpose of improving operation and maintenance a home appliance door, in particular a home chiller appliance door, is proposed: The home appliance door has an inner wall section; and at least one support unit for support of a door mullion, the support unit being fixated to the inner wall section at least in a form-fit and/or force-fit manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Yigit Akalan, Ziya Arslankiray, Emre Emek
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Patent number: 9803915Abstract: A refrigerator includes a movable body that is located in a case that defines a storage compartment. The refrigerator further includes a shelf that is connected to the movable body via a connection member. The refrigerator further includes a guard that is configured to surround an edge of the shelf, that is larger than the shelf, and that includes a protrusion member that protrudes toward the movable body. The movable body includes a guide rail that is configured to guide the protrusion member during sliding.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Junsoo Park, Jiyeong Ku, Jiyoon Lee, Jiyoung Yoon
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Patent number: 9631858Abstract: A shelf (5) for a cooling device having supporting walls (4 and 104) of different sizes and forms and joined with each other from at least one edge so that either the first support wall (4) or the second support wall (104) are almost vertically upward to the supporting wall which enables goods disposed thereon to be carried by supporting them from below while the other supporting wall supports the goods from the sides.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: ARCELIK ANONIM SIRKETIInventors: Alper Mirza, Sati Mutlu
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Patent number: 9599393Abstract: A refrigerator in which a rotating bar installed to one of a pair of doors is rotated when the other door is opened or closed. The refrigerator includes a rotating bar to seal a gap between doors, and a guide device to guide rotation of the rotating bar. The guide device includes a base having a receptacle, a rotating unit mounted in the receptacle and rotated by a rotating shaft, a ramp structure fixed in the receptacle and having a ramp, a linkage unit linearly movably secured to the rotating unit and connected to the rotating bar so as to be linearly moved on the ramp and rotated along with the rotating unit about the rotating shaft, and an elastic unit supported by the rotating unit and adapted to transmit elastic force to the linkage unit to allow the linkage unit to move on the ramp.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Woon Jeon, Se Youn Park, Sun Min Lee, Jae Moon Lee
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Patent number: 9581381Abstract: A refrigerator is described. The refrigerator includes a cabinet that includes a storage compartment; an inner case that defines the storage compartment. The refrigerator further includes a first door that is pivotally mounted to the cabinet. The refrigerator further includes a second door that is pivotally mounted to the cabinet and that is provided with a pillar that is configured to rotate between a folded orientation and an unfolded orientation, the pillar being configured to contact the first door and thereby close a gap between the first door and the second door based on the pillar being oriented in the unfolded orientation and the first door and the second door being closed. The refrigerator further includes a drive assembly that is located at the inner case and that is configured to rotate the pillar. The refrigerator further includes a controller that is configured to drive the drive assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Jaehun Jung
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Patent number: 9513047Abstract: A door module assembly for a refrigerator door of a refrigerator appliance may generally include a mounting bracket configured to be removably coupled to the refrigerator door to allow the mounting bracket to be moveable between a plurality of mounting locations defined along a height of the refrigerator door. The door module assembly may also include a door tray movable relative to the mounting bracket and at least one translation device configured in operative association with adjacent walls of the door tray and the mounting bracket. The translation device may be configured such that the door tray is movable relative to the mounting bracket in a horizontal direction between a retracted position and an extended position. Moreover, an open tray volume defined by the door tray may be accessible when the door tray is in both the retracted position and the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Bagawathkumar Chellappan, Madan Gopal Reddy Pathapati, Louis Anthony Wantland, Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe
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Patent number: 9435579Abstract: A door for a refrigerator appliance is pivotally connected by a hinge. The door includes a polygonal shell having corners and defining at least part of a cavity therein and a hinge bearing mounted to the polygonal shell adjacent one of the corners. The hinge bearing extends into the cavity and defines a generally cylindrical passage to receive and journal a hinge pin of the refrigerator appliance. A reinforcement tube is secured to the hinge bearing and extends a distance within the cavity. The reinforcement tube includes a sidewall that defines a hollow interior, and at least one hole extends through the sidewall to provide communication between the cavity and the hollow interior. Insulation is foamed in place that substantially fills the cavity including the corner, and the insulation penetrates into the hollow interior of the reinforcement tube via the at least one hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: David House, Carlos Cordero, Chris A. Baker, Adam Ellis
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Patent number: 9200830Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet that defines a first storage compartment, a first door that is opened or closed to allow or prevent access to an interior of the first storage compartment, a storing device coupled to the first door to define a second storage compartment, and a second door connected to the first door that is opened or closed to allow or prevent access to an interior of the second storage compartment. The first door includes a plurality of first coupling parts to which the storing device is coupled. The storing device includes a frame and a basket installed on the frame, each including at least one second coupling part interacting with at least one of the plurality of first coupling parts. A front surface of the second door is positioned to be generally coplanar with at least a portion of a front surface of the first door.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seungjin Oh, Jonghwa Lee, Changbong Choi, Manho Park, Kiyoung Lim
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Patent number: 9175902Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet that defines a first storage compartment, a first door that is opened or closed to allow or prevent access to an interior of the first storage compartment, a storing device coupled to the first door to define a second storage compartment, and a second door connected to the first door that is opened or closed to allow or prevent access to an interior of the second storage compartment. The first door includes a plurality of first coupling parts to which the storing device is coupled. The storing device includes a frame and a basket installed on the frame, each including at least one second coupling part interacting with at least one of the plurality of first coupling parts. A front surface of the second door is positioned to be generally coplanar with at least a portion of a front surface of the first door.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seungjin Oh, Jonghwa Lee, Changbong Choi, Manho Park, Kiyoung Lim
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Patent number: 9049926Abstract: An article of digital furniture piece comprises a table and a computer disposed in an accommodating space of the table, the computer comprises a frame, and a power supply, a hard disk and a host are disposed thereon. The frame comprises a first frame body and a second frame body connected each other, the first frame body is able to overturn relative to the second frame body according to the shape of the accommodating space, for matching the shape of the computer and the shape of the accommodating space, such that the appearance of the digital furniture piece could have variety designs.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: GIGAZONE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Po Yu Lin, Bing Zhou, Dong Jie Tang
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Publication number: 20150115786Abstract: A storage assembly 10 which has a plurality of unique storage components 12, 14, and 800 which may be selectively connected in order to provide an optimal storage solution for a wide variety of applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Edwin Dizon Manalang, Larry Mitchell Grela
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Patent number: 8967741Abstract: A security apparatus for storing firearms adapted to be mounted within an enclosed area defined by a top wall, bottom wall, rear wall and one or more side walls. The security apparatus in the form of a lockable compartment secured to the ceiling of the enclosure adjacent the rear wall and consists of a rear panel and parallel spaced side panels secured to the rear wall and side walls, respectively. A bottom panel is hingedly coupled to the rear panel and adapted to be positioned adjacent the rear and side panels in opposition to the top wall of the enclosure. A front panel is pivotally coupled to the lower panel opposite the rear panel. Firearm retaining brackets are coupled to the interior surfaces of the front, lower and rear panels to secure the firearms.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Inventor: Adam T. Ferone
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Patent number: 8960819Abstract: A spice rack for attaching to the inner surface of kitchen cabinet doors provides a low profile support and spice containers that may fit substantially within the gap between the cabinet door and the front of the shelves defined by a thickness of the face frame and a small clearance gap between the shelves in the rear of the face frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Peggy Brown Creative Consulting, LLC.Inventor: Margaret A. Brown
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Patent number: 8911035Abstract: On a fitting for a corner cupboard (11), in particular a kitchen corner cupboard, comprising a cupboard body (12) and an internal space (21) accessible via a corner cupboard door (19), wherein at least one panel (22) is movably guided by means of the fitting (12) between an inner position and an outer position, in which the panel (22) at least partially extends beyond a level (23) of a door opening, said fitting (12) including at least one support arm for supporting the panel, which support arm can be mounted on the one hand so as to be pivotable about a stationary swivel pin (25) and can be mounted on the other hand on the associated panel (22) in a manner so as to be pivotable about a panel-fixed bearing axle (26), and control means for controlling the panel movement in a swivel plane between the inner and the outer positions, said control means having two control levers that can respectively be indisplaceably supported on the one hand so as to be rotatable about a stationary swivel pin (25, 29) and on theType: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Hetal-Werke Franz Hettich GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Köpnick, Dieter Stange, Thomas Ziegler, Artur Hirtsiefer, Heinz-Josef Henscheid, Bermd Rödder, Jürgen Schnell, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt
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Patent number: 8864252Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes a storage assembly including a removable storage bin. The bin of the storage assembly may be rotatable to be tilted relative to a housing in the refrigerator to move the bin between and open and closed position. While in an open position, the bin may also be removed by lifting the bin away from the housing to easily remove the storage bin from the refrigerator. Furthermore, the storage assembly includes little to no moving parts. The ease of use of the tilting and removing of bin of the storage assembly provides quick access and usability of the storage bin.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Isabel Rodriguez Cobas, Joel Barron Ramirez
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Patent number: 8857930Abstract: A refrigerator including a storage container that may be selectively coupled to a refrigerator body or to a door by a storage container support device is provided. The refrigerator may include a refrigerator body having a storage compartment formed therein, a rotatable door to open or close the storage compartment, a gasket provided between the door and the refrigerator body, a storage container that may be selectively coupled to the door or to the refrigerator body, a storage container support device provided at the door, the refrigerator body or the storage container to allow the storage container to be selectively coupled to and supported by the refrigerator body or the door, and a control device provided in the door to selectively control operation of the storage container support device from an exterior of the door.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jihyun Im, Moongyo Jung, Jindong Kim, Gyeongjin Jang, Myoungju Kang
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Patent number: 8833882Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a cabinet, a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a plurality of baskets each coupled to an interior side of the door. Each basket may include upwardly inclined bottom surface such that an upper one of a pair of vertically-adjacent baskets does not interfere with the basket below it.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Woonkyu Seo, Seonkyu Kim, Seungjin Yoon, Jungyeon Hwang, Daesung Lee
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Patent number: 8777339Abstract: A cabinet and a door are each provided with hinge sets having hinge parts secured thereto so that they can be separately mounted on the same hinge parts that are mounted on a door frame and are connected by a hinge pin for each hinge set that support the door on the door frame, using a single hinge pin for and as a part of each hinge set. With this mounting arrangement, the cabinet and the door of each such installation can move independently in an arc about the hinge pins connecting the door frame parts to the hinge parts fastened to the door and the hinge parts fastened to the cabinet without requiring the movement of the door concurrently with the movement of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Hingenuity International, LLCInventors: Timothy Wayne Tassin, Myron Jude Tassin, Christian Tassin
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Patent number: 8763421Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit having at least one door as well as having at least one output unit which is arranged in the door and by means of which goods, in particular ice and/or water can be output, with the output unit or a component for the reception of the output unit having a first section which is connectable to or in communication with a first design of a door and having a second section which is connectable to or in communication with a second design of a door.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbHInventors: Volker Friedmann, Georg Dorner, Holger Jendrusch
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Patent number: 8757458Abstract: A storage box comprises a housing with open ends and a tray that slides out either open end and up to at least fifty percent or up to at least sixty percent of the length of the tray may slide out either open end. Latch members operable from either open end of the housing selectively hold the tray in a centered position and can be released to allow the tray to slide out a selected end of the housing. Multiple latch member mating members may be associated with the housing for selective engagement by the latch members to latch the tray in multiple extended positions between the centered position and fully retracted positions out either the first or second open ends. Latch engagement members mounted on the doors engage latches connecting the tray to the housing when the doors are shut to prevent the latches from becoming unlatched when the doors are shut.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Lippert Components, Inc.Inventor: Michael W. Nebel
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Patent number: 8746818Abstract: A storage rack configured to be removably attached to an inner refrigerator door liner to enable storage of canned and/or bottled beverages is defined by an open body formed from a peripheral frame member, a base member fixed to and extending between side portions of the peripheral frame member and an angled support member. A front segment of the angled support member and a frontal section of the peripheral frame member include a series of aligned arcuate portions. Bottles, such as soda, water, wine and the like bottles, can be stored upright in the rack, resting on the base member between the frontal section of the peripheral frame member and a rear segment of the angled support member, while beverage cans can be stored at an angle, abutting the rear segment of the angled support member while spaced side portions of the cans rest upon the aligned arcuate portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: David L. Meese
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Patent number: 8726545Abstract: Fold-away ironing device comprising a frame (12) attached to the wall and in which there is an ironing board surrounded by a mobile frame (18). In a first position, the ornamental front part is visible in the frame fixed to the wall and the ironing board is folded away, and in the second position, the front part is folded away and the ironing board becomes visible. First pivot means comprising a top hinge and a bottom hinge at the right-hand end or at the left-hand end of the frame fixed to the wall forming a vertical axis allowing the ironing board to be pivoted through an angle of around 90° and, on the other hand, two hinges situated at the middle of the horizontal parts of the mobile frame forming the vertical axis (20) allowing the ironing board to pivot so that it becomes visible. Second pivot means allow the ironing board in the second position to be moved from the vertical position into the horizontal position.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Inventor: Raoul Parienti
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Publication number: 20140002971Abstract: A surface contact card holder includes a main body defining an entrance and a recess communicating with the entrance, a tray for receiving a surface contact card, and a door attached to an end of the tray and releasably received in the entrance. The tray is slidably received in the main body through the entrance. The door includes an operation board comprising elastic material and a fastening board attached to the operation board. The fastening board is movably connected to the tray. The operation board is positioned adjacent to the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicants: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED, SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: HUAN-CHANG CHUNG, HUA-XIANG LIANG
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Patent number: 8596654Abstract: A service cart adapted to be moved along an aisle is provided, the service cart comprising a body defining an upper portion, a lower portion and two opposed lateral portions respectively disposed between the upper and the bottom portions, the portions being interconnected with intervening curved portions to form a continuous wall thereof and at least one longitudinal opening; wheels attached to a lower portion of the body for supporting the body; and a closing device for substantially closing the longitudinal opening. A method of manufacturing a service cart and a service cart kit are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Norduyn Inc.Inventors: Martin Belanger, Mathieu Boivin, Martin Gauthier
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Patent number: 8590524Abstract: The invention generally relates to a trash receptacle holder for use on an outdoor grill that includes an upper retaining member capable of circumferentially receiving a trash receptacle; a lower retaining including a platform adapted to support a trash receptacle when said trash receptacle holder is in an erect position; an extension arm operatively connected to said upper and lower retaining members and allowing said upper and lower retaining members to be rotated into said collapsed position where said upper and lower retaining members are in a position that is generally perpendicular to the ground and an erect position where said upper lower retaining members are in a position that is generally parallel to the ground and a trash receptacle may be placed on said lower retaining member and circumferentially received by said upper retaining member.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: The Grill Company, LLCInventor: John Ducate, Jr.
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Patent number: 8550578Abstract: A fixture includes a medicine cabinet having a cabinet body and a door. The fixture includes a frame which includes a frame body having a recess sized and shaped to receive the door, and an overhang which extends along the upper portion of the door. The fixture can include a guide rail which is repeatably moveable between positions away from and extending over the lower portion of the door, and an organizer carried by the door.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Inventor: Susan Martha Brink
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Patent number: 8544973Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet configured to define an exterior boundary of the refrigerator. The refrigerator also includes a first storage chamber defined by interior walls of the cabinet and configured to store food stuffs. The refrigerator further includes a first door configured to open and close the first storage chamber by rotating about a rotational axis. In addition, the refrigerator includes a second storage chamber that is smaller than the first storage chamber defined at a side of the first door, and that is configured to enable access to food stuffs while the first door remains closed and a second door, located in a predetermined portion of the first door, configured to open and close the second storage chamber by rotating the rotational axis, wherein a rotation direction of the second door is identical to the rotation direction of the first door.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hong Sik Kwon, Yong Hun Chang, Jung Yeon Hwang, Seon Il Yu
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Patent number: 8465030Abstract: A modular utility cart comprising a body defining a door opening; wheels attached to a lower portion of the body for supporting the body; and a door operatively attached to the body and adapted to mate with the door opening, wherein the body is adapted to receive a utility module thereto is provided. A method of assembling a modular utility cart is also provided. A kit of utility cart and utility module(s) is equally provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Norduyn Inc.Inventors: Mathieu Boivin, Martin Bélanger, Martin Gauthier, Mathieu Audet
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Patent number: 8454103Abstract: A refrigerator including left and right doors of rotating opening/closing type and a sliding door between the left and right doors. The left and right rotating opening/closing doors have an improved slim edge structure such that a door thickness is hidden. The sliding door includes door guards to accommodate food.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Su Jeon, Sei Ill Jeon, Jong Youn Kim, Jang Won Kim, Tai Kyung Kim, Yoo Jin Jung
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Patent number: 8439462Abstract: The embodiment relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator according to one embodiment includes: a cabinet in which a storage chamber is formed; a door that is connected to the cabinet and opens and closes the storage chamber; a receiving member that is mounted in the door and receives foods; a guide unit that guides an up and down movement of the receiving member in a state where the receiving member is mounted in the door; and a fixing unit that fixes a position at which the receiving member is moved.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Woon Kyu Seo, Jung Yeon Hwang, Han Jin Jung, Hyeon Jin Kim
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Patent number: 8393690Abstract: An enclosure for containing a portable hemodialysis unit includes a housing suitable to support components for performing hemodialysis including a dialyzer, one or more pumps to circulate blood through the dialyzer, a source of dialysate, and one or more pumps to circulate the dialysate through the dialyzer. The housing may have a front panel at which blood circuit connections and dialysate fluidic connections are located, e.g., blood line connections for patient blood access, connections for a reagent supply, dialyzer connections for both blood flow and dialysate, etc. The enclosure may also include a pair of vertical, side-by-side doors hingedly mounted to the housing. With the doors in the closed position, access to the patient access and dialysate fluidic connections may be blocked, and the doors may allow for the retention of heat in the housing suitable for disinfection during a disinfection cycle.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Kevin L. Grant, Jason A. Demers, James D. Dale, Arun D. Chawan, David E. Collins
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Patent number: 8388075Abstract: A cabinet includes a housing, two first rails, two pairs of pivoting elements, and two second rails. The housing includes two doors pivotably mounted to opposite sides of a front end of the housing. The first rails are respectively fixed to opposite internal sides of the housing. First ends of a pair of pivoting elements are pivotably connected to an inner side of each of the doors, and second ends of the pair of pivoting elements of each of the doors are pivotably connected a corresponding one of the second rails. When the doors are opened parallel to the first rails, the second rails are operable to move relative to the corresponding doors and aligned with the corresponding first rails to form two extended sliding rails.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zheng-Heng Sun
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Patent number: 8342619Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a height-adjustable receiving apparatus in which a rotation gear is vertically moved along a fixed shaft disposed on a mounting member when the rotation gear disposed on a receiving member is rotated, and the receiving member is adjustable in vertical height. The height-adjustable receiving apparatus includes a receiving member in which foods are received, a mounting member on which the receiving member is vertically movably mounted, a fixed shaft longitudinally disposed on the mounting member, a rotation gear disposed on the receiving member, an operation member disposed on the receiving member, and a transmission member disposed on the receiving member.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Woon Kyu Seo, Jung Yeon Hwang, Han Jin Jung, Hyeon Jin Kim
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Patent number: 8322804Abstract: Provided is a container mounted on a refrigerator door to be capable of being elevated, where the container can be raised or lowered through a user's manipulation when mounted on the rear of a door.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Seong Wook Kim
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Publication number: 20120280605Abstract: A door and door frame system are disclosed in which a door is constructed with a thickness approximately equal to the thickness of the door frame and wall through which the associated doorway extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Robert Nettles, David Ebsen
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Patent number: 8272702Abstract: A fixture includes a medicine cabinet having a cabinet body and a door. The fixture includes a frame which includes a frame body having a recess sized and shaped to receive the door, and an overhang which extends along the upper portion of the door. The fixture can include a guide rail which is repeatably moveable between positions away from and extending over the lower portion of the door, and an adjustable container assembly carried by the door.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Inventor: Susan M. Brink
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Patent number: 8147016Abstract: A can receiving apparatus is disclosed. More particularly, disclosed is a can receiving apparatus for a refrigerator, in which a can receiving shelf is conveniently fixed at a pivotally rotated position, assuring easy storage and removal of cans and improved space utility. The can receiving apparatus includes a case, a can receiving shelf coupled to the case in a pivotally rotatable manner, and a fixing structure to fix the can receiving shelf at an upper limit position upon pivotal rotation of the can receiving shelf.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Youl Kwon
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Patent number: 8123314Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door having a pair of lateral spaced supports on an inside of the door, and a height-adjustable door storage compartment removably securable via a snap-in structure to the inside of the door at locations between the pair of supports at a plurality of different heights, and a support having a vertically extending guide compatibly configured with a corresponding portion of the door storage compartment. The vertically extending guide and the corresponding portion of the door storage compartment engaging one another for orienting the door storage compartment relative to the door in an installed position of the door storage compartment on the door.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventor: Christoph Becke
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Patent number: 8113608Abstract: A cabinet and a door are each provided with hinge sets having hinge parts secured thereto so that they can be separately mounted on the sane hinge parts that are mounted on a door frame and are connected by a hinge pin for each hinge set that support the door on the door frame, using a single hinge pin for and as a part of each hinge set. With this mounting arrangement, the cabinet and the door of each such installation can move independently in an arc about the hinge pins connecting the door frame parts to the hinge parts fastened to the door and the hinge parts fastened to the cabinet without requiring the movement of the door concurrently with the movement of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Hingenuity International, LLCInventors: Timothy Wayne Tassin, Myron Jude Tassin, Jr., Christian Tassin