Electrolux Home Products, Inc.

Stryker European Operations Limited

Calphalon Corporation

Sunbeam Products, Inc.

Caleb Gossens

Nicolas Saeger

Clifford Edwin Lambarth

Benjamin Paul Shrader

Jeremy A Van Hill

Benjamin Mobley

James G Walen

Brent Aaron Curtis

Nilton Carlos Bertolini

Chuck Baker

Paul Hayward Kelly

Cory Dale Simpson

Steven J Muske

Justin Kane Morgan

Andrew Q Liu

Paul Dubina

Patrick Eoin Cushen

Fadi Ghanam

William Lee Moody

Steve Muske

Peter Jenkinson

Glenn Leroy Johnson

Terry Lynn Sexton

Christopher Baum

Chris Allen Baker

Joanna Gail Kucko

Dean Olaya

Michael Laubenthal

Jason Lee Purucker

Thomas Doyle

Akhil Karibandi

Roberta Brown

Marc Arthur

Jeremy Van Hill

Adrian P O'heney

Surgical instrument tracker

An optical tracker usable with a surgical object, the optical tracker includes a tracker frame including a mounting body, which defines an instrument engaging aperture having a longitudinal axis, and an offset body protruding proximally from the mounting body. The instrument engaging aperture is configured to receive a proximal region of the surgical instrument such that the longitudinal axis of the tracker is aligned with an axis of the surgical instrument. The tracker may further include a tracking array coupled to the tracker frame and comprising a mounting fixture and a plurality of LED emitters coupled thereto. The optical tracker may further comprise at least three apex points defined by the tracker frame that extend to a height above the LED emitters.

Tracker for a surgical instrument

Controller

An assembly comprises an enclosure () including an enclosure interior () configured to retain articles therein. An electrically conductive means () can electrically connect the enclosure () to a source of electrical power () for providing electrical energy to the enclosure () for application to an operation that relies on electric energy for its performance and takes place at the enclosure interior (). The assembly includes a light source (), the position of which is adjustable so as to illuminate any selected one of a plurality of locations within the enclosure interior (). An electrically conductive line () is electrically configured to be connected at the enclosure () to the source of electrical power () and connected to the light source () for providing electrical energy to the light source ().

Enclosure illumination

A stabilizing mat includes a first surface configured to inhibit movement of items placed thereon. The first surface includes a plurality of first parallelogram areas and a plurality of depressions. Each of the first parallelogram areas includes one of the depressions at a center of the first parallelogram area. Each of the first parallelogram areas further includes four first parallelogram corners and four first parallelogram sides. Each of the first parallelogram corners of the first parallelogram areas includes a protruding peak. Each of the protruding peaks is separated from an adjacent one of the protruding peaks by a concavity. Each of the concavities defines one of the depressions. The mat also includes a second surface including a plurality of substantially flat areas configured to rest on a flat foundation to provide support to the items placed on the first surface.

Stabilizing panel

Systems and methods are disclosed for stackable cookware and lids. An example stackable cookware system may include a first vessel having a first upper diameter, the first vessel comprising a first handle with a first length, a first lid having the first upper diameter, the first lid comprising a second handle with a second length and a first inner rim positioned inside the first vessel, and a second vessel having the first upper diameter, a third handle, and a first gripping portion, wherein the first gripping portion has a lower surface aligned with a lower portion of the third handle, wherein the first vessel, the first lid, and the second vessel are stackable in a stack with an interchangeable arrangement.

Stackable cookware and lids

A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment and a door movably coupled to the cabinet for providing selective access to at least a portion of the storage compartment. The refrigerator includes an evaporator unit and an air duct providing fluid communication between the evaporator unit and the storage compartment. The refrigerator includes a partition member coupled to the cabinet that divides the storage compartment into a first compartment having a first volume and a second compartment having a second volume. The partition member is movable between a first position and a second position to adjust the first and second volumes. The partition member can include an air channel extending through the partition member that is in fluid communication with at least one of the first and second compartments. The partition member can include a baffle member that is adjustable to adjustably direct air passing through the air channel.

Movable mullion

A chest freezer includes a plurality of insulated walls forming a compartment that includes an upwardly facing opening. A door is configured to selectively provide access to the compartment through the upwardly facing opening. A breaker strip forms at least a portion of an upper periphery of the compartment. A channel is formed in at least a portion of the breaker strip. The channel is configured to permit attachment of a storage container thereto. A cantilevered storage container for a chest freezer is also provided.

Chest freezer

A slide under shelf for a refrigeration appliance may be in a fully retracted position (i.e., with a second shelf area stored underneath a first shelf area) without having permanently extended support arms. That is, the retracted shelf may be extended by pulling out the second shelf area without requiring permanently extend support arms with a track or rail to support the second shelf area. Rather, the second shelf area has front slides that extend beyond the rear of a top surface of the second shelf area and ride along a track of support arms that do not extend beyond a top surface of the first shelf area. The support arms may also have posts that ride along a track on the front slides.

Armless slide under shelf

Knife block

A storage structure () is provided for mounting within a refrigerator compartment (). The storage structure () includes a slide unit () attached within the refrigerator compartment (). The slide unit () is removably attached within the refrigerator compartment () and includes one or more projections () extending outwardly from the slide unit () for engaging receiving structures () within the refrigerator compartment (). The storage structure () further includes at least one bin () removably attached to the slide unit (), the at least one bin () includes an engagement structure that movably attaches the bin () to the slide unit ().

Tilt-out bin and removable crisper

An assembly comprising a storage receptacle includes a front panel, a rear panel, a first side panel joining the front panel to the rear panel and a second side panel joining the front panel to the rear panel. The front panel, the rear panel and the first and second side panels define a storage space within the confines of the front panel, the rear panel and the first and second side panels. A divider is located within the storage space and extends between the front panel and the rear panel and divides the storage space into storage space sections. A spring operated mechanism engages the divider to selectively maintain the divider in place in the storage space and allows for the position of the divider to be adjusted between the first side panel and the second side panel, whereby the dimensions of the storage space sections can be adjusted.

Adjustable drawer divider

A shelf assembly is provided for a refrigerator with a food compartment that includes a rear wall and a pair of opposed side walls. The shelf assembly includes a first and second shelf portion with first and second support surfaces. The second shelf portion is slidably moveable relative to the first shelf portion between an extended position and a retracted position. In the extended position, the second shelf portion is arranged such that the second support surface is substantially coplanar with the first support surface and the second support surface is located generally between a first support surface and a side wall of the food compartment. In the retracted position, the second planar support surface is arranged subjacent to the first planar support surface.

Shelf assembly for a refrigerator

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Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Caleb Gossens