Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. Morris

Kenneth E. Morris 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: 5934550
    Abstract: A cardboard blank includes a front wall, end wall, side walls, top wall and bottom wall and glue flaps for presenting a container upon folding. An opening is presented In the top wall of the container with a spout assembly, integral with the blank, surrounding the opening. The spout assembly is foldable between open and closed positions. The lower wall of the container presents first and second flaps maintained together by a tab insert. Removal of the tab presents a second opening for gross discharge of the container contents. A tab on the spout assembly is insertable in a slot on the top wall for maintaining the spout assembly in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Morris, Jennifer M. Morris
  • Patent number: 5907958
    Abstract: A water filter assembly mounted to an inner surface of a refrigerator and accessible from within a refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator. The filter assembly includes a first housing part, a second housing part, and a replaceable filter cartridge. The first and second housing parts cooperate to define a fluid-tight chamber for receipt of the filter cartridge. The first housing part includes an inlet port through which unfiltered water may be introduced into the chamber and an outlet port through which filtered water may exit the chamber. The second housing part surrounds a portion of the first housing part and provides a volume sufficient to hold the filter cartridge and any water within the chamber when the second housing part is released from the first housing part to replace the filter cartridge, and thereby prevents or minimizes spillage of water from the filter assembly during filter cartridge replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Coates, Robert C. Russell, Kenneth E. Morris, Walton E. Sparks, Rickie L. Gunderson
  • Patent number: 5813245
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a water filtration and dispensing system including a first control valve for unfiltered water, a household water supply line for fluidly connecting the first control valve to a source of household water, a water filter assembly disposed within a refrigeration compartment, an unfiltered water supply line fluidly connecting the first control valve to the water filter assembly, a second control valve having first and second outlets, a filtered water supply line fluidly connecting the filter assembly to the second control valve, a filtered water dispenser fluidly connected to the first outlet of second control valve, and an ice maker disposed within a freezer compartment and fluidly connected to the second outlet of the second control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Coates, Kenneth E. Morris
  • Patent number: 5715699
    Abstract: A water filter assembly mounted to an inner surface of a refrigerator and accessible from within a refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator. The filter assembly includes a first housing part, a second housing part, and a replaceable filter cartridge. The first and second housing parts cooperate to define a fluid-tight chamber for receipt of the filter cartridge. The first housing part includes an inlet port through which unfiltered water may be introduced into the chamber and an outlet port through which filtered water may exit the chamber. The second housing part surrounds a portion of the first housing part and provides a volume sufficient to hold the filter cartridge and any water within the chamber when the second housing part is released from the first housing part to replace the filter cartridge, and thereby prevents or minimizes spillage of water from the filter assembly during filter cartridge replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Coates, Robert C. Russell, Kenneth E. Morris, Walton E. Sparks, Rickie L. Gunderson
  • Patent number: 5707518
    Abstract: A water filter assembly mounted to an inner surface of a refrigerator and accessible from within a refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator. The filter assembly includes a first housing part, a second housing part, and a replaceable filter cartridge. The first and second housing parts cooperate to define a fluid-tight chamber for receipt of the filter cartridge. The first housing part includes an inlet port through which unfiltered water may be introduced into the chamber and an outlet port through which filtered water may exit the chamber. The second housing part surrounds a portion of the first housing part and provides a volume sufficient to hold the filter cartridge and any water within the chamber when the second housing part is released from the first housing part to replace the filter cartridge, and thereby prevents or minimizes spillage of water from the filter assembly during filter cartridge replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Coates, Robert C. Russell, Kenneth E. Morris, Walton E. Sparks, Rickie L. Gunderson