Kenneth Scott Pope

US Patent:

8052235, Nov 8, 2011

Filed:

Jun 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/758843

Inventors:

Paul H. Kelly - Anderson SC, US
Aaron W. Arvia - Anderson SC, US
Edmund Scott Richardson - Simpsonville SC, US
Kenneth L. Pope - Piedmont SC, US
Richard B. Moulder - Anderson SC, US
David A. Simoni - Piedmont SC, US

Assignee:

Electrolux Home Products, Inc. - Charlotte NC

International Classification:

A47B 96/04

US Classification:

312404, 312333, 312296, 3123195, 292201

Abstract:

A storage compartment comprises an external enclosure having an opening and a holding compartment that is capable of being inserted into and withdrawn from the interior of the external enclosure through the opening in the external enclosure. Stored articles are contained within the holding compartment. The external enclosure and the holding compartment have coacting surfaces, and a seal is interposed between those coacting surfaces for sealing off the interior of the holding compartment to the entry of gases when the holding compartment is inserted into the external enclosure and the coacting surfaces of the external enclosure and the holding compartment are brought together in a sealing relationship with the seal. Complementary surfaces at the holding compartment and at the exterior of the external enclosure are in engagement with one another and provide surfaces along which the holding compartment travels when it is inserted into and withdrawn from the interior of the external enclosure.