Patents by Inventor Gunnar Alvring

Gunnar Alvring 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).

  • Locking handle for refrigerators
    Patent number: 6296285
    Abstract: A locking handle for a refrigerator includes a mounting element rigidly secured to a refrigerator door, a hand grip rigidly secured to the mounting element, and a latch attached to the mounting element. The latch has a catch movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and an actuator operably connected to the catch for moving the catch from the locked position to the unlocked position. The latch provides a positive lock which is actuated to an unlocked position with a manipulation separate from pulling the hand grip but has an actuator located near the hand grip so that it can be manipulated by a hand grasping and pulling the hand grip. In a first embodiment, the catch is integrally molded with the mounting portion and is laterally deflectable away from a retainer mounted beside the door. In a second embodiment the catch is a vertically extending spindle which is downwardly movable away from a retainer mounted above the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunnar Alvring, Kenneth Anderson, Per-Olof Lindqvist, Andrew Moseley, Bo Nilsson
  • Locking handle for refrigerators
    Patent number: 6053544
    Abstract: A locking handle for a refrigerator includes a mounting element rigidly secured to a refrigerator door, a hand grip rigidly secured to the mounting element, and a latch attached to the mounting element. The latch has a catch movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and an actuator operably connected to the catch for moving the catch from the locked position to the unlocked position. The latch provides a positive lock which is actuated to an unlocked position with a manipulation separate from pulling the hand grip but has an actuator located near the hand grip so that it can be manipulated by a hand grasping and pulling the hand grip. In a first embodiment, the catch is integrally molded with the mounting portion and is laterally deflectable away from a retainer mounted beside the door. In a second embodiment the catch is a vertically extending spindle which is downwardly movable away from a retainer mounted above the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: White Consoldiated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunnar Alvring, Kenneth Andersson, Per-Olof Lindqvist, Andrew Moseley, Bo Nilsson
  • Locking handle for refrigerators
    Patent number: D440238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunnar Alvring, Kenneth Anderson, Per-Olof Lindqvist, Andrew Moseley, Bo Nilsson
  • Handle assembly
    Patent number: D422288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunnar Alvring, Kenneth Andersson, Per-Olof Lindqvist, Andrew Moseley, Bo Nilsson