Mark J Blahnik

US Patent:

7824480, Nov 2, 2010

Filed:

May 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/801004

Inventors:

Randy W. Hurlebaus - Waunakee WI, US
Curtis J. Scadden - Waunakee WI, US
Chris Rieger - Madison WI, US
James E. Pelkey - Verona WI, US
Ronald M. Austin - New Glarus WI, US
Mark J. Blahnik - Sun Prairie WI, US
Colin R. Clerkin - Waunakee WI, US
Brian Wylie - Stoughton WI, US
Thomas Haft - Madison WI, US

Assignee:

Sub-Zero, Inc. - Madison WI

International Classification:

A61L 9/20

US Classification:

96224, 96223, 62 78, 422121, 422122

Abstract:

A storage compartment comprises an enclosure defining a storage space and an air treatment system in fluid communication with the interior space. The air treatment system includes a light source and a catalyst and configured to treat air without the use of ozone.

US Patent:

8382219, Feb 26, 2013

Filed:

May 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/777139

Inventors:

Philip F. Hottmann - Madison WI, US
Mark J. Blahnik - Sun Prairie WI, US
Chad A. Wohlrab - Madison WI, US
John F. Andrews - Fort Atkinson WI, US

Assignee:

Sub-Zero, Inc. - Madison WI

International Classification:

A47B 96/07

US Classification:

312405, 3123484

Abstract:

An appliance comprises a body and a door panel and/or drawer panel movable between a home position, an open position, and an over-travel position. A cosmetic panel may be coupled to the door and/or drawer panel. The appliance may further include an installation system and/or a positioning device. The positioning device is configured to bias the door and/or drawer panels to the home position from the over-travel position. The installation system is configured to establish the front-to-back alignment of the appliance. The installation system may be a direct mount installation system. The installation system may include an adjustment system configured to facilitate positioning the cosmetic panel to be co-planar with the surrounding cabinetry. The adjustment mechanism may further help establish small and consistent reveals.

US Patent:

8572808, Nov 5, 2013

Filed:

Feb 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/403611

Inventors:

Arturo J. Bonomie - Verona WI, US
Daniel Mark Graham - Ashville NY, US
Mark J. Blahnik - Sun Prairie WI, US
Sean Petersen - Evansville WI, US

Assignee:

Sub-Zero, Inc. - Madison WI

International Classification:

E05F 1/08
E05F 3/22

US Classification:

16286, 16 50, 16 54, 16 82, 16374

Abstract:

A hinge including a device bracket, a door bracket, a first arm, a second arm, and a closure device is provided. The first arm mounts to the device bracket at a first pin and to the door bracket at a second pin. The second arm mounts to the device bracket at a third pin and to the door bracket at a fourth pin. The third pin is closer to an axis of rotation of a door than the first pin when the door is in a closed position. The closure device includes a closure device body mounted to move with the second arm, a rod mounted within the closure device body, a spring, a spring retainer mounted to the rod, and a nut mounting the rod to the device bracket. The spring is mounted between the spring retainer and the closure device body to exert a force on the second arm.

US Patent:

20130134851, May 30, 2013

Filed:

Jan 28, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/751281

Inventors:

Mark J. Blahnik - Sun Prairie WI, US
Chad A. Wohlrab - Madison WI, US
John F. Andrews - Fort Atkinson WI, US

Assignee:

Sub-Zero, Inc. - Madison WI

International Classification:

A47B 96/00
A47B 88/04

US Classification:

3123191, 3123301

Abstract:

An appliance comprises a body and a door panel and/or drawer panel movable between a home position, an open position, and an over-travel position. A cosmetic panel may be coupled to the door and/or drawer panel. The appliance may further include an installation system and/or a positioning device. The positioning device is configured to bias the door and/or drawer panels to the home position from the over-travel position. The installation system is configured to establish the front-to-back alignment of the appliance. The installation system may be a direct mount installation system. The installation system may include an adjustment system configured to facilitate positioning the cosmetic panel to be co-planar with the surrounding cabinetry. The adjustment mechanism may further help establish small and consistent reveals.

US Patent:

20140042885, Feb 13, 2014

Filed:

Oct 17, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/056473

Inventors:

Daniel Mark Graham - Ashville NY, US
Mark J. Blahnik - Sun Prairie WI, US
Sean Petersen - Evansville WI, US

Assignee:

Sub-Zero, Inc. - Madison WI

International Classification:

H01H 21/02
F25D 23/02
E05D 7/00

US Classification:

312405, 200 617, 16223

Abstract:

A switching system including a switch activation pin, a switch, and a switch connector is provided. The switch activation pin mounts to an arm that pivotally mounts a door to a body of a device. The switch activation pin moves with the arm when the door is opened or closed. The switch mounts to the device to control a component of the device. The switch connector mounts to the device to activate the switch based on a position of the switch activation pin.

US Patent:

50408569, Aug 20, 1991

Filed:

Feb 27, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/020118

Inventors:

Allen L. Wilkins - Verona WI
Philip F. Hottmann - Cross Plains WI
Mark J. Blahnik - Sun Prairie WI
Jerome Caruso - Lake Forest IL

Assignee:

Sub-Zero Freezer Company, Inc. - Madison WI

International Classification:

A47B 8100

US Classification:

312214

Abstract:

A comestible storage compartment for a refrigeration unit including a drawer slidably received in a supporting frame. The drawer is molded in the form of a tub having a bottom wall, side and end walls and a front wall lip. A front wall panel is disposed in a free standing relationship on the front wall lip approximate the forward edges of the side walls. A front wall cover is disposed over the front wall panel and is secured to the forward edges of the side walls to hold the panel on the lip. A lateral flange projects outwardly from the side walls and includes a downturned lip for defining a drawer track channel. Inwardly directed ribs extend longitudinally from the drawer frame and are disposed for spaced flow interrupting relationship with the lip on the lateral flanges. The drawer is stabilized in the track channels by forming one of the track rollers with a lateral dimension approximately equal to that of the track channel on the frame and the other track roller with a lateral dimension less than that of the track channel. The drawer rollers include a molded roller with a circular body and a shank having a central aperture.

US Patent:

56412177, Jun 24, 1997

Filed:

Aug 2, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/510144

Inventors:

Jerome Caruso - Lake Forest IL
Mark J. Blahnik - Sun Prairie WI
Philip F. Hottmann - Cross Plains WI

Assignee:

Sub-Zero Freezer Company, Inc. - Madison WI

International Classification:

A47B 8804

US Classification:

312404

Abstract:

A cantilevered storage shelf assembly for supporting a deli/crisper drawer assembly within a refrigerator having a glass panel, a pair of L-shaped steel brackets aligned on each side of the panel and a frame molded around the edges of the panel with the steel brackets encapsulated in the frame to form a unitary structure, the brackets being located in a parallel spaced relation for mating engagement with slots provided in the vertical strips in the back of the refrigerator, the drawer assembly comprising a pair of rails mounted on the frame, each rail having a tab at each end for matingly engaging the slots in the front and back of each side of the frame and a drawer slidably mounted on the rails.