Patents by Inventor Philip F. Hottmann

Philip F. Hottmann 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: 4955569
    Abstract: A leveling apparatus for a refrigerator, the apparatus including a leveling assembly mounted on each side of the refrigerator, each assembly including a housing having a front and a back, a set of rollers and a leveler mounted in the front of the housing, a roller bracket assembly mounted in the back of the housing in a position to engage a ramp in the housing sloped upwardly toward the back of the housing, and a front adjusting rod connected to the roller bracket assembly for adjusting the position of the bracket assembly with respect to the ramp to level the back of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Freezer Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip F. Hottmann
  • Patent number: 4867512
    Abstract: A storage module for adjustable disposition within a cavity, bounded by opposed side walls, of a refrigerator unit. The module being secured therein by a spaced array of complimentary fixturing projections and fixturing cavities which are oriented angularly upwardly. The fixturing projections and fixturing cavities being arranged for selective mating engagement therebetween and positional restraint of the module in a predetermined location within the cavity. The fixturing projections and fixturing cavities being stabilized by a tribiological interface along at least a portion of the mating surfaces between the projections and cavities to restrain the module against dislodgment forces. The projections and cavities are tapered in the plane of movement of the module of each of the projections and cavities including an upper surface disposed at a first angle in the plane and a lower surface disposed at a second angle in the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Freezer Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Allen L. Wilkins, Philip F. Hottmann, Jerome Caruso