Patents Examined by Andrew M Roersma
  • Patent number: 11564490
    Abstract: A corner storage device that includes a top piece that includes a left wall side, a right wall side, and a diagonal opening side. The left wall side and the right wall side together substantially form a right angle at a corner of the corner storage device, and the diagonal opening side is not parallel to the left wall side and not parallel to the right wall side. The corner storage device further includes panel guides that are coupled to the top piece and substantially parallel to each other, and storage panels that are slidably coupled to the panel guides. Each of the storage panels is configured to slide between a close position where the storage panel does not extend beyond the diagonal opening side and an open position where the storage panel extends beyond the diagonal opening side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Geoffrey A. Searles
  • Patent number: 11549292
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body and a door body. A hinge body is disposed on the refrigerator body. A first hinge shaft and a second hinge shaft are disposed on the hinge body. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are formed in the door body. The first hinge shaft is located in the first guide groove and the second hinge shaft is located in the second guide groove. During opening of the door body, the first guide groove moves relative to the first hinge shaft and the second guide groove moves relative to the second hinge shaft, the first hinge shaft applies an acting force to the first guide groove to drive the end, away from the first guide groove, of the second guide groove to approach the second hinge shaft, so that the door body is displaced in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoshun He, Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 11549286
    Abstract: A lock bar-on-slide rail style drawer antitipping safety device includes a cabinet body, a top drawer, at least one middle drawer, and at least one bottom drawer. The drawers are each provided with a sliding portion projecting from one side thereof. The cabinet body includes a vertical slide rail slidably mounted at one side that corresponds to the sliding portions. The vertical slide rail includes, in sequence from top to bottom, a first lock bar, a second lock bar, and a third lock bar slidably mounted thereto. Each of the first lock bar and the second lock bar is provided with a stop portion projecting from each of a top end and a bottom end thereof toward the corresponding sliding portion. The stop portions are provided to selectively block the sliding portions so as to prevent the drawers from accidentally sliding out or being opened simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Yi-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 11547211
    Abstract: An arrangement for guiding at least one movable furniture part includes a guide rail to be mounted on the fixed furniture part, a guide device to be coupled to the movable furniture part, and a preferably substantially cylindrical, load-transmitting rolling body. The guide rail has a guide track, on which the load-transmitting rolling body is mounted in a movable manner. The guide track has a parking position for the load-transmitting rolling body, and the parking position corresponds to an end position of the movable furniture part relative to the fixed furniture part. The load-transmitting rolling body and the guide track are designed such that the guide track can be deformed in this region, a depression being formed in the process, and the load-transmitting rolling body is substantially dimensionally stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Hoffmann, Marc Meusburger
  • Patent number: 11543067
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body according to the present invention includes a conductive resistance sheet which connects a first plate member and a second plate member to each other; a sealing frame which covers the conductive resistance sheet; a part fixing frame which is supported by the sealing frame; and a part which is mounted on the part fixing frame. According to the present invention, the power necessary for operation can be stably supplied while heat loss is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Duchan Ki, Bongjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11543170
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bum Lee, Beom Gon Kim, Su Hyeong Son, Woo Yeol Yoo, Wan Hyeong Lee, Youn Tae Shin, Ji Sick Hwang
  • Patent number: 11543175
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crisper for preservation of food. The crisper (10) comprises a box (12) and a top (14)—When the crisper (10) is in a closed position the box (12) is air tight sealed to the top (14). A humidity control unit (16) is provided and adapted to allow humid air to exit the crisper via a 5 humidity control membrane (26) located in the humidity control unit (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventors: Yessica Butenhoff, Urban Wählby
  • Patent number: 11533995
    Abstract: A cabinet pull-out comprises a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment and a pull-out frame, the pull-out frame connecting the first storage compartment to the second storage compartment. The first and the second storage compartment each are provided with a base. The pull-out frame comprises a carrier element which extends essentially rectangularly to the base area of the corresponding storage compartment. Each of the first and second storage compartments are provided with a front wall and a rear wall and two side walls each extending between the front wall and the rear wall. The carrier element is attached to an external side of the rear wall or one of the side walls. A loose storage compartment can be detachably coupled to one of the first or second storage compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Peka-Metall AG
    Inventors: Roland Schöpfer, Urs Eichenberger, Bernhard Weber
  • Patent number: 11525625
    Abstract: An accessory rack includes a pair of support arms. Each support arm includes a rail that is configured to slidably receive and retain a retention feature formed on an accessory item. Each rail is spaced apart based on a predetermined width that corresponds to the distance between retention features disposed on the sides of one or more, interchangeable accessory items. The accessory rack may be slidably coupled to an existing refrigerator shelf assembly. A refrigerator shelf assembly may include an integrated accessory rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc
    Inventors: Joshua Hanson, Brian Roesch
  • Patent number: 11525620
    Abstract: A door insert for a door of a household cooling appliance has a body defining a storage space for storing goods. The insert body has a bottom and side walls. A front wall, which is formed as a separate component, extends in a width direction between the side walls. A separate holding bracket connects the separate component to at least one of the side walls. The outer face of a side wall is provided with a coupling structure and a bracket element of the separate holding bracket is formed with a counter coupling structure. The two coupling structures are engaged with each other. There is also described a door, a household cooling appliance, and a method for mounting a door insert in a door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Elena Claass, Denis Lux, Andrea Fink, Andreas Gatter
  • Patent number: 11525617
    Abstract: A refrigerated display case includes sidewalls, doors, shelves, a cooling system, a cooling coil defrost system, product defrost lights, and a controller. The sidewalls and doors may define an inner volume of the refrigerated display case. The shelves are positioned within the inner volume of the refrigerated display case, are fixedly coupled with at least one of the sidewalls, and are configured to support a product. The cooling system provides cooling to the inner volume of the refrigerated display case and may include a cooling coil. The cooling coil defrost system provides defrost heating to the cooling coil. Each of the product defrost lights are oriented towards a corresponding one of the shelves. The product defrost lights are configured to emit radiative heating for defrosting the product. The controller is operably coupled with the cooling system, the cooling coil defrost system, and the product defrost lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hill Phoenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Dean Swofford, Neil John Rathje
  • Patent number: 11519663
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a thawing device. The thawing device includes: a cavity, a device door, a radio frequency generator module, an upper electrode plate and a lower electrode plate, and a detection module, configured to detect an incident wave signal and a reflected wave signal of an electrical connection wire connecting the radio frequency generation module to the upper electrode plate, and calculate a load impedance of the radio frequency generation module according to a voltage and a current of the incident wave signal and a voltage and a current of the reflected wave signal to determine the thawing progress of the object to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tong Xu, Xiaobing Zhu, Peng Li, Ming Wang, Jianbin Dai
  • Patent number: 11517108
    Abstract: A system is provided comprising a first furniture part (200) and a locking arrangement comprising a connector bracket (1) and a locking element (4). The first furniture part (200) comprises a recess (201) having an oblong shape comprising an insertion portion (203) and a locking portion (204), wherein the locking portion (204) along an inner wall comprises a groove (207). The connector bracket (1) comprises a base portion (2) having an extension adapted to extend along the first furniture part (200), and at least one protrusion (3) having a longitudinal extension extending transverse the extension of the base portion (2) and comprising a rim (7) extending transverse the longitudinal extension of the protrusion (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Brendel, Daniel Schon, Johan Northfell
  • Patent number: 11510492
    Abstract: A storage box includes at least one storing unit including a main box and at least one dividing plate. The main box includes two first engaging subunits and a main box body defining a dividable space. Each of the first engaging subunits is formed on a top end of the main box body and includes a plurality of spaced-apart first engaging members. The at least one dividing plate has a plate body and two second engaging members. The plate body is disposed removably in the dividable space and divides the dividable space into two storage areas. The second engaging members respectively and separably engage one of the first engaging members of one of the first engaging subunits and one of the first engaging members of the other one of the first engaging subunits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Freshlink Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Dean Chapman, Benjamin Broerman, David Song
  • Patent number: 11510491
    Abstract: The application relates to a method of establishing four profiles which when releasably mounted together are forming a cabinet frame. The profiles are having folding areas comprising cutout parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KK WIND SOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventors: Poul Thing, Jørgen Dahl Vestergaard
  • Patent number: 11512892
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having an inner casing, an outer casing, and a thermal insulation space located between the inner casing and the outer casing and filled with a thermal insulation material, to form a pair of thermal insulation walls disposed opposite to each other. The thermal insulation walls have recesses formed in the inner casing and opened forward. A beam bridges the pair of thermal insulation walls, the beam including insert portions disposed on two ends and respectively inserted into the corresponding recesses. A first fixing mechanism is at least partially located in the recess and fixes the insert portion to the thermal insulation wall, which not only facilitates the assembly of the beam and improves production efficiency, but also is beneficial to improving a weight capacity of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Xiangfan Guo, Zhihui Zhou
  • Patent number: 11503910
    Abstract: A modular organizer system is configured to sort and store items. The modular organizer system has a first rail assembly with a first sidewall further comprising a first sidewall upper member joined to a first sidewall lower member with a first plurality of upright support members. A second rail assembly has a second sidewall, proximate the first sidewall with a second sidewall upper member joined to a second sidewall lower member with a second plurality of upright support members. A segregated storage space exists between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Nicholas Edward Carscallen Carmen
  • Patent number: 11497324
    Abstract: A method for mounting a cover with a plurality of slidable lids (7) onto a storage compartment (2) of a refrigerated merchandising storage unit (1) is disclosed, comprising the steps of providing two or more cover cassettes (6), each comprising one or more slidable lids (7) and mounting the two or more cover cassettes (6) on top of the storage compartment (2). Furthermore, a refrigerated merchandising storage unit (1), a cover of which is mounted using such a method, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: REHAU-BEHR A/S
    Inventors: Søren Olesen, Jesper Grauballe Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 11493268
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a door, an image module, and a drawer assembly. The cabinet may include an inner liner defining a chilled chamber. The door may be rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber. The image module may be mounted to the cabinet and have a field of view within the chilled chamber. The drawer assembly may be disposed within the field of view of the image module. The drawer assembly may include an assembly frame supported on the inner liner, a slidable drawer movably attached to the assembly frame to move relative thereto, and a plurality of weight sensors mounted on the assembly frame apart from the slidable drawer to detect a weight of one or more objects received on the drawer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Choon Jae Ryu
  • Patent number: 11460241
    Abstract: A refrigerator shelving system includes a first shelf, a first set of suspenders, a second set of suspenders, and a second shelf. The second shelf is rotatably secured to the second set of suspenders and slidably secured to the second set of suspenders. The second set of suspenders is rotatably secured to the first shelf. A back end of the second shelf is configured to rotate relative to the first set of suspenders, the second set of suspenders is configured to rotate relative to the first shelf, and a front end of the second shelf is configured to slide relative to the second set of suspenders during rotation of the second set of suspenders in order to transition the second shelf between an operational position and a stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: WHIRPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vishal B. Chauhan, Mandar Kulkarni, Ritesh Solanki