Patents by Inventor Rickie L. Gunderson

Rickie L. Gunderson 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).

  • Refrigerator water filter
    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
  • Refrigerator water filter
    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
  • Refrigerator water filter
    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