U.S. patents available from 1976 to present.
U.S. patent applications available from 2005 to present.

Icon_funbox Bizarre Patents

Patent No. 5523741

Santa Claus Detector

A Christmas stocking having illumination means associated therewith for signalling the arrival of Santa Claus.

Newsletter  PatentStorm News

Make the Most of Our Site

See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.

Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.

Registered users: Manage your profile.

 

Class 62/326 - CONVERTIBLE


Subclass of Class 62 - Refrigeration
Definition: Apparatus including means whereby mode or condition of operation
No. of patents: 33
Last issue date: 03/13/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7188491Recreational storage and multimedia apparatus
A portable recreational container provides insulated storage for food and beverages. The container is divided into independent compartments, one of which houses a battery and a number of audio/video devices, such as radio, CD, DVD, TV and an amplifier. The electric/...
03/13/2007
7070249Tilt-out door buckets for refrigerators or freezers
An improved door bucket assembly is provided for a refrigerator or freezer door. The assembly includes a bucket pivotally mounted in a retainer mounted in the door, such that the bucket is movable between an upright position and tilt-out position. The bucket is open...
07/04/2006
7040115Insulated container assembly having insertable cooling and heating gel packs
An insulated container assembly, which has a main body portion and a lid hingedly attached to the main body portion. The main body portion has four walls and is substantially rectangular in shape. The walls of the main body portion define an area for receiving and h...
05/09/2006
7007498HVAC cabinet with configurable duct connections
A cabinet for air handling equipment includes two similarly sized covers that are each nonsymmetrical about their vertical centerline. Each cover has an original supply or return air duct opening plus space for an alternate opening. The original and alternate openin...
03/07/2006
6951118Compartment for augmenting available space refrigerated by a chest refrigerator
A compartment for augmenting available space refrigerated by a chest refrigerator comprises a body configured to be coupled to a chest portion of the chest refrigerator. The body is configured to provide a hermetical seal between the body and the chest portion in us...
10/04/2005
6908163Bucket assembly for a refrigerator
A bucket assembly for a refrigerator door includes a bucket frame and a bucket. The bucket frame includes a rear portion, opposing side portions and at least two mounting members. The mounting members detachably support the bucket frame on a plurality of support ele...
06/21/2005
6905183Tilt-out door buckets for refrigerators or freezers
An improved door bucket assembly is provided for a refrigerator or freezer door. The assembly includes a bucket pivotally mounted in a retainer mounted in the door, such that the bucket is movable between an upright position and tilt-out position. The bucket is open...
06/14/2005
6202434Portable combination hydro cooling and forced refrigerated air cooling unit
A portable cooling trailer for cooling produce at the harvest site, where the produce may be cooled by either forced air refrigeration, where cooled air is drawn through the produce and recycled through a heat exchanger, or hydro cooling, where chilled wa...
03/20/2001
5582026Air conditioning system
An air conditioning system has an air handling unit within a housing. The air handling unit is adapted for connection to the supply and return air ducts of a building and for mounting at the roof of the building. A separate and distinct condensing unit ca...
12/10/1996
5444990Reversible fan assembly panel for package air conditioners and heat pumps
The present invention involves package air conditioner and heat pump units. The unit has a housing containing a compressor, an outdoor section with blower and heat exchanger, and an indoor section with blower and heat exchanger. The indoor section has two...
08/29/1995
5377503Convertible top single package heat pump unit
A single package heat pump unit is field-reconfigurable from a horizontal discharge configuration to a top discharge configuration. A supply panel covers the top and upper part of the back wall, and contains a supply vent in a vent wall, with a blank wall...
01/03/1995
5343712Temperature controller and method for facilitating the storage of wine and like perishables
A temperature controller for facilitating the storage of wine and like perishables in a household refrigeration unit includes a temperature sensing device, adapted to be positioned in a chilled compartment of the refrigeration unit, and a temperature cont...
09/06/1994
5257509Convertible briefcase, food and beverage carriage, and mini-cooler
A container converting between a briefcase, a food and beverage carriage, and a mini-cooler. The container has a case which functions as a briefcase. The case includes a base and a top, each of which has walls defining a hollow center filled with insulati...
11/02/1993
5060486Thermostat control for providing multiple temperature ranges in a single refrigeration compartment
A rotatable control for a broad range, temperature controlling thermostat for a refrigeration compartment of a refrigeration unit enables operation of the refrigeration unit in one of several different operational modes. For example, the refrigeration uni...
10/29/1991
5050488Method of locking a pivotable assembly for shipping
A damper interlock mechanism comprising a housing including first and second apertures, a damper assembly pivotably mounted in the first aperture and a swing out unit pivotably mounted in the second aperture for pivotal movement between a first shipping p...
09/24/1991
4895001Expandable refrigeration system
An expandable refrigeration system for use in dispensing products to the public, the system including a base unit with a product containing chamber, a refrigeration system in the base unit and having a compressor and condenser portion and a fan for moving...
01/23/1990
4893478Modular refrigeration appliance which can be assembled at a remote location
A refrigeration appliance includes a plurality of side panels and a base panel, one of the side panels containing within the inner and outer walls thereof a complete mechanical refrigeration unit. The side panels and the base panel are provided with integ...
01/16/1990
4843839Positionable economizer
An economizer for an air handler, air conditioner or similar unit. The economizer has a first position and a second position. In the first position, the economizer is retracted and presents a relatively flat end surface of the air handler, and in a second...
07/04/1989
4800732Refrigeration compressor with dual voltage hookup
A compressor driven by a three phase electric motor is contained within a housing that is filled with refrigerant and is hermetically sealed with a terminal board. The terminal board has three electrical feedthrough terminals for coupling three of the mot...
01/31/1989
4759196Two-position cover for air handling equipment enclosure
An outdoor enclosure for air handling equipment is adaptable to accept add-on air handling equipment by virtue of a two-position cover panel. The cover panel has a generally rectangular shape and is attached to a side panel of the enclosure. The cover pan...
07/26/1988
4698982Air conditioning unit with reversible drain pan and return air panel
An air-conditioning unit which can be converted from a horizontal air flow configuration to a vertical air flow configuration (or vice-versa) at the installation site without any additional parts or special tools. A reversible drain pan and return (intake...
10/13/1987
4689966Refrigeration having mode-change chamber capable of operation within freezing, chill and refrigeration temperature ranges
A refrigerator includes a mode-change chamber, having first and second dampers which may be selectively used as a freezer compartment, refrigeration compartment or chill compartment. When the freezer compartment mode is selected, the first damper permits ...
09/01/1987
4581903Interchangeable suction accumulator and filter-drier
An interchangeable suction line filter-drier and accumulator comprising a vessel having an inlet and an outlet, a removable filter-drier element, and a removable non-porous evaporator conduit which interchangeably functions as a filter-drier when the filt...
04/15/1986
4554796Split system air conditioner
A refrigeration compressor and condenser unit is in the form of a rectangular box having opposed, vertical sidewalls and a condenser at one vertical end wall. A fan panel assembly, including a grille, venturi member, fan, and fan motor, is selectively mou...
11/26/1985
4449376Indoor unit for electric heat pump
An indoor unit for an electric heat pump is provided in modular form including a refrigeration module 10, an air mover module 12, and a resistance heat package module 14, the refrigeration module including all of the indoor refrigerant circuit components ...
05/22/1984
4410033Combination coupling retainer and support for a heat exchange unit
A heat exchange unit is disclosed having a combination coupling retainer and support. This combination coupling retainer and support acts to both secure a suction line coupling and a liquid line coupling connected to the appropriate headers of the heat ex...
10/18/1983
4293032Combination forced air furnace and air cooler
A single housing contains heating and air cooling units but in separate chambers and a single blower is selectively movable to force air into and through the respective chambers as desired for cooling or heating and outlets from the separate chambers to a...
10/06/1981
4164129Variable mode freezer
A freezing unit is described having plural compartments on upper and lower levels for accommodating air moving means, refrigeration coils and conveyors for receiving and maintaining the articles to be frozen in the unit. The refrigeration coils are dispos...
08/14/1979
4151726Coil and cabinet assembly for air handler
A coil and cabinet assembly for an air handler is provided in which the refrigerant coil is disposed diagonally within a coil section of the cabinet, the coil having a drain trough for collecting condensate when the air handler is in its upright vertical ...
05/01/1979
4139052Roof top air conditioning unit
The air conditioning unit of the invention has a construction of the indoor air flow section which adapts it to receive and return indoor air either through its bottom area in a vertical air flow mode, or through its end wall in a horizontal air flow mode...
02/13/1979
4129013Air-conditioning unit with multi-position coil
An air-conditioning unit with a blower section and an adjacent refrigerant evaporator coil section is adapted to be disposed for airflow through the unit in an upflow, counterflow, or horizontal flow direction by arranging the evaporator coil, and a drip ...
12/12/1978
4088466Multi-position air conditioning unit
The air conditioning unit has a refrigerant evaporator diagonally disposed within the air conditioning cabinet and includes a condensate drain trough at the opposite edges of the evaporator adjacent the front and rear wall of the cabinet, a drain pan asse...
05/09/1978
3977467Air conditioning module
Air conditioning apparatus which includes an air blower-heater module useful independently and also in a unit having cooling coils providing means for heating, cooling, and filtering air in air conditioning systems for enclosures. The module has a squirre...
08/31/1976
 
Sign InRegister
Username  
Password   
forgot password?