Patents Represented by Attorney Michel M. Rose
  • Patent number: 8240623
    Abstract: A mounting bracket is provided for removably mounting a storage device on a slot track or slotwall panel having a plurality of slots having undercut sidewalls that form generally “T” shaped slats. The mounting bracket includes a support surface having a first “J” shaped hook to hook over the edge of a slat and into the undercut sidewall and a second “J” shaped hook to hook into a second slot and into the undercut sidewall. The mounting bracket includes a storage device connector attached to the support surface at a first end and has a second end. The storage device connector can include a lock rotatably mounted on the top wall adjacent the first “J” shaped hook having a locking member and an operator that is rotatable between locked and unlocked positions. A storage device can be coupled to the second end of the storage device connector. The storage device can be an actuatable holding system for a bicycle, or other storage device such as a basket or a storage shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Scott M. Collins, Craig R. Forest, Guy E. Garrison, Gilius A. Gaska, David E. Moeller, Michael J. Scherzer
  • Patent number: D665605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gil Anthony Gaska, Travis Michael Perkins, Scott M. Collins
  • Patent number: D666034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gil Anthony Gaska, Leah Z. Lader, Todd Christopher Starr, Travis M. Perkins