Having Article Support Patents (Class 312/405.1)
  • Publication number: 20030020385
    Abstract: A refrigerator bucket for mounting to a refrigerator door is disclosed. The refrigerator bucket includes a container having an open top face with a finished top edge and tabs extending downwardly from the top edge of the container for connecting the container to the refrigerator door, and a trim piece connected to the container, the trim piece at least partially covering the finished top edge of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Scott W. Leimkuehler, J. Michael Nurre, Todd E. Kniffen, Michael J. Eveland, Timothy Mark Nugent
  • Publication number: 20030011291
    Abstract: A storage bin mounting system for a refrigerator door is disclosed in which the refrigerator door has an inner liner formed by supporting side walls, which extend forwardly of a back wall defining a cavity. At least a vertically extending rib is formed integrally in each side wall and a plurality of retention elements are selectively aligned in different locations in back wall. A storage bin includes an extending vertically slot between opposite side walls, as well as, resilient coupling means connected in a rear wall of said storage bin. The storage bin is mounted within the cavity of the refrigerator door, assembling the vertically slot of the inner liner with each vertically extending rib, as well as, the plurality of retention elements with the resilient coupling means of the storage bin. The height of the storage bin is adjusted within the cavity with an upwardly or downwardly slidable movement, engaging and disengaging the resilient coupling means and the retention means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Arturo Moreno-Olguin, Jose Angel Avalos-Barcenas, Guilherme Nehring, Antonio Cortez-Garcia
  • Patent number: 6439400
    Abstract: A shelf assembly for organizing and merchandising a plurality of products. The shelf assembly comprises a shelf having a bottom, a plurality of wire dividers extending from front to back, and a wire stop secured to an adjacent pair of wire dividers. A front member pivotal about the wire stop prevents the forwardmost product within a column of products from falling off the front of the shelf. The pivotal front members enable product to be pulled forwardly off the shelf and minimize the spacing necessary between adjacent shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Rafael T. Bustos
  • Patent number: 6439401
    Abstract: A shelf assembly for organizing and merchandising a plurality of products. The shelf assembly comprises a shelf having a bottom, a plurality of dividers extending from front to back, an adjacent pair of dividers and the bottom forming a track in which a column of products are arranged. A pivotal front member prevents the forwardmost product within a column of products from falling off the front of the shelf. The pivotal front members has projections which are engaged with receptacles formed in the dividers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Rafael T. Bustos
  • Patent number: 6295787
    Abstract: An outer structure for a refrigerated food storage apparatus includes an outer shell forming a visible exterior of the apparatus; and an inner liner made of molded plastic and coupled to the outer shell, to form an inter-panel space to be filled with a body of foam insulation. The inner liner includes bosses of a predetermined length, integrally formed with the inner liner at regular intervals and extending toward the outer shell, to support and maintain a constant spacing between the outer shell and inner liner; a foam-injection inlet for injecting foam; and vents for exhausting air and gases generated during a foam injection process. A reactive foam completely fills the inter-panel space, to form a consistent body of insulation. The force of the reactive foam filling the inter-panel space closes a hinged first flap for covering the foam-injection inlet and a plurality of hinged second flaps for covering the vents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Mando Climate Control Corporation
    Inventor: Young-Kil Lee
  • Patent number: 6276538
    Abstract: A shelf assembly for organizing and merchandising a plurality of products. The shelf assembly comprises a shelf having a bottom, plurality of dividers extending from front to back, a pair of dividers and the bottom forming a track in which a column of products are arranged. A front member pivotal about a stop, or pivotally engaged with the dividers, prevents the forwardmost product within the column from falling off the front of the shelf. The pivotal front members enable product to be pulled forwardly off the shelf, minimizing the spacing necessary between adjacent shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Rafael T. Bustos
  • Patent number: 6253568
    Abstract: A a refrigerator with enhanced freezer compartment access for slidably receiving a frame into the freezer compartment. The a refrigerator with enhanced freezer compartment access includes a refrigerator. The refrigerator has a top wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, a first side and a second side, the housing has a middle wall, the middle wall is oriented generally horizontal to the sides, the middle wall divides a refrigeration compartment and a freezer compartment. The freezer compartment is between the first side and the middle wall. A frame is slidably received in the freezer compartment. The frame has a back wall, a top wall, a front wall and a bottom wall. The front wall defines a freezer door. A plurality of racks extends between the freezer door and the back wall. A plurality of guide rails, each having base portion, are mounted to the middle wall and the first side. A plurality of brackets slidably guide the frame in the freezer compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventor: David A. Peffley
  • Patent number: 6231146
    Abstract: A refrigerator door bottom storage module assembly extending across the refrigerator door. The refrigerator door has an inner liner having side walls, a bottom wall and a rear wall defining a liner recess. The bottom wall has a forward lower landing and a stepped raised landing extending into the liner recess rearwardly of the forward lower landing. Aligned module supporting bosses project inwardly of each of the side walls. A door storage module has a pair of spaced apart module side walls positionable adjacent the liner side walls. The module has a front wall extending between the module side walls and a supporting floor extending rearwardly of the front wall. The module side walls have a pair of spaced apart ribs vertically projecting to define an open recess. The module is assembled to the door by sliding the module ribs over the bosses until the supporting floor of the module is seated upon the forward lower landing of the bottom wall of the inner liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Camco Inc.
    Inventor: Muc Dang
  • Patent number: 6220684
    Abstract: A retainer assembly for preventing food containers placed on a shelf of a refrigerator door from falling off the shelf when the refrigerator door is abruptly opened or closed includes a retaining element which is connected to a crosspiece extending above a base of the shelf and pivotally movable relative to the crosspiece between first and second extreme positions, as well as a substantially infinite number of intermediate positions. The retaining element is either directly attached to the crosspiece or pivotally connected to a supporting sheath that is snap-fit onto the crosspiece. In either case, the retaining element rides along one or more camming surfaces which causes the retaining element to be physically deformed as it is pivoted between the first and second extreme positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Eugene Bent, John C. Ellingwood
  • Patent number: 6186608
    Abstract: A multiple height package retainer for a refrigerator door and a method for adjusting an adjustable height package retainer for a refrigerator door includes a shelf body and a retainer member. The retainer member may have a first position and a second position for holding packages of varying height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Amana Company, L.P.
    Inventor: John J. Pink