Patents by Inventor Lauren Nicole Platts

Lauren Nicole Platts 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).

  • Publication number: 20190032992
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having a dispensing assembly is provided herein. The refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet, and the dispensing assembly. The dispensing assembly may include a dispenser recess and an outlet conduit. The dispenser recess may be defined along an outer surface of the door and extend in a lateral direction from a first side portion to a second side portion of the door. The outlet conduit may be in selective fluid communication with the dispenser recess to direct a fluid thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: Lauren Nicole Platts
  • Publication number: 20190032984
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is generally provided herein. The refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet extending along a vertical direction from an upper portion to a lower portion. The cabinet may also extend along a transverse direction from a rear portion to a front portion. The cabinet may define a plurality of operably-independent chilled chambers and, optionally, a modular ice making assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: Lauren Nicole Platts
  • Publication number: 20180363966
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having an ice storage bin is generally provided herein. A door may define a bin opening and a dispenser recess to a cabinet of the refrigerator appliance. A dispensing assembly may be positioned within the dispenser recess and define an ice delivery passage. The ice storage bin may define a storage cavity in selective communication with an icemaker to receive ice therefrom. The ice storage bin may be in further communication with the dispensing assembly to direct ice to the ice delivery passage. The ice storage bin may be mounted to the door and selectively accessible through the bin opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Marc Eric Hottenroth, Lauren Nicole Platts
  • Patent number: 10088224
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided herein. The refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet extending along a lateral direction between a first side portion and a second side portion, as well as along a transverse direction from a rear portion to a front portion. The cabinet may define a plurality of operably-independent chilled chambers, including a first chilled chamber, a second chilled chamber, and a third chilled chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Lauren Nicole Platts
  • Patent number: 9862630
    Abstract: An under-sink waste processing unit may generally include a housing defining an inlet and an outlet. The inlet may be configured to receive water and waste discharged from a waste disposal. The housing may also define a separation chamber in fluid communication with the inlet and a processing chamber separate from the separation chamber. The waste processing unit may also include a rotatable drive shaft extending within the separation chamber and a screw thread associated with the drive shaft. The screw thread may be configured to be rotated with the drive shaft within the separation chamber so as to at least partially separate the water from the waste received within the inlet. The separated waste may be configured to be dispersed from the separation chamber into the processing chamber for further processing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Lauren Nicole Platts, Joseph Emil Gormley, Rebecca Ann Alvord
  • Publication number: 20160200616
    Abstract: An under-sink waste processing unit may generally include a housing defining an inlet and an outlet. The inlet may be configured to receive water and waste discharged from a waste disposal. The housing may also define a separation chamber in fluid communication with the inlet and a processing chamber separate from the separation chamber. The waste processing unit may also include a rotatable drive shaft extending within the separation chamber and a screw thread associated with the drive shaft. The screw thread may be configured to be rotated with the drive shaft within the separation chamber so as to at least partially separate the water from the waste received within the inlet. The separated waste may be configured to be dispersed from the separation chamber into the processing chamber for further processing thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Lauren Nicole Platts, Joseph Emil Gormley, Rebecca Ann Alvord