Patents by Inventor John W. Wissinger

John W. Wissinger 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).

  • Patent number: 7753461
    Abstract: A refrigerator shelving system includes an item retainer for securing items carried on a shelf, a mounting member for releasably securing a shelf to a cabinet of the refrigerator, and a spill tray carried by the shelf. The item retainer is movable between a first position and a second position such that when in the first position, a first side upwardly extends from the shelf and defines a fence and when in the second position the first side is parallel and adjacent to an upper surface of the shelf. The shelf mounting member includes a first portion rotatably interconnected to a lateral side of the shelf and a second portion for selectively engaging a horizontal slot of a cabinet of the refrigerator. The mounting member is rotatable from a first position to a second position to engage the second portion with the horizontal slot. The spill tray includes a main body portion and a plurality of mounting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Leistner, John M. Antos, James C. Butler, John W. Wissinger
  • Patent number: 6000771
    Abstract: A refrigerator for RVs comprising an upright cabinet with an internal cold compartment and a door member mounted on the cabinet for closing said compartment, two pairs of upright hinge pins on the cabinet on opposite sides of the door enables the door to swing from both right and left sides of the cabinet. A single actuator is provided for putting the door from a left swing to a right swing and vice versa. In addition, the actuator can secure the door on the cabinet during RV travel. It can also enable easy removal of the door from the cabinet. Cams and cam followers are associated with the cabinet and the door to cause the door to be lifted when opened and lowered when closed to assure easy opening and closing of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Wissinger, John R. Selina, James C. Butler, David W. Leistner, John M. Antos
  • Patent number: 5918761
    Abstract: An insulated container and cover construction comprises an outer container shell (24) terminating in an opening (26) having a surrounding edge (28), an inner container shell (30) nested within the outer container shell (24) and having an opening (32) surrounded by a continuous edge (34) in abutment with the surrounding edge (26). The inner container shell (30) is otherwise spaced inwardly and generally out of contact with the outer container shell (24). A cover mounting assembly 49, 52 is mounted on the outer container shell 24 adjacent the opening 26. A single seal ring (38) of elastomeric material has a first sealing surface (42) disposed at the interface of the shells 24, 30 and the cover mounting assembly 49, 52 to seal the same and a second inwardly facing sealing surface (48) overlies the opening (32) of the inner container shell (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: The Thermos Company
    Inventor: John W. Wissinger
  • Patent number: 4817344
    Abstract: A bathtub wall surround kit is disclosed. The kit includes a plurality of panels adapted to be secured to the walls of a bathtub opening with each of the panels having a vertical edge adapted to be disposed in overlapping relation to a corresponding vertical edge of the next adjacent of the panels. It also includes a plurality of vertical seals for joining the corresponding vertical edges of the overlapping panels in substantially watertight fashion where each of the vertical seals includes a panel-receiving channel formed by a pair of spaced apart walls joined by a channel-defining bottom wall along with a seal adapted to cooperate with the overlapping panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Universal-Rundle Corporation
    Inventor: John W. Wissinger
  • Patent number: 4671026
    Abstract: A bathtub wall surround kit and seals therefor. The kit includes a pair of end panels and a pair of side panels all of approximately uniform dimension for compact nesting during shipment and the side panels are adapted to be horizontally disposed with the upper panel in overlying relation to the lower panel. The kit also includes a pair of vertical seals for joining the confronting edges of the end panels and the side panels in substantially watertight fashion and a plurality of base seals for joining the bottom edges of the end panels and the lower one of the side panels to a rim of a bathtub in substantially watertight fashion. The kit further includes a pair of corner seals for joining a portion of the confronting edges of the end panels and the lower side panel in substantially watertight fashion and the corner seals are also adapted to join a portion of the bottom edges of the end panels and the lower side panel adjacent the confronting edges to the rim of the bathtub in substantially watertight fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Universal-Rundle Corporation
    Inventor: John W. Wissinger
  • Patent number: 4437712
    Abstract: A wall mounted cabinet system is disclosed having a mounting bracket adapted to be secured to a wall. The mounting bracket is adapted to support one or more cabinet units in either of two distinct orientations and, in particular, the cabinet units and mounting bracket have complementarily engagable hangers to accomplish this objective. With this arrangement, the cabinet units can be supported by the hangers in a modular array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Inventor: John W. Wissinger
  • Patent number: D438941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Selina, John W. Wissinger
  • Patent number: D262485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Universal-Rundle Corporation
    Inventor: John W. Wissinger
  • Patent number: D461482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignees: Norcold, Inc., Sawafuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: John W. Wissinger, Naoya Kawakami
  • Patent number: D462976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Selina, John W. Wissinger
  • Patent number: D386948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: The Thermos Company
    Inventor: John W. Wissinger