Patents by Inventor Richard Waisanen

Richard Waisanen 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: 4732435
    Abstract: A crisper drawer structure for use in a refrigerator wherein a front portion of the crisper drawer extends into subjacent relationship to a rearwardly projecting shelf on the refrigerator door in the closed arrangement of the refrigerator. A transparent cover member is pivotally mounted to the drawer guides to close the front portion of the crisper drawer in the storage disposition while allowing ready viewability of the contents thereof by the user. The cover member automatically moves between the closing disposition when the crisper drawer is in the storage arrangement to an uncovered disposition when the crisper drawer is brought forwardly to the access arrangement. The arrangement of the cover member is such as to effectively preclude retention of articles thereon, thereby avoiding impact damage to the door shelf by abutment with such articles upon closing of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis J. Bailey, Richard A. Heck, Richard Waisanen