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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J Linstromberg, Lincoln Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
116307 ; 116321 ; 116323 ;
Abstract
According to the invention, an inventory indicating device is provided having a slidable food type indicating member and associated date setting mechanism carried thereon. Indicia are provided along a guide track for selective alignment with a viewing aperture in the indicating member. With the indicia chosen according to a food type being stored, the date setting mechanism can be adjusted to reflect a storage date.