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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:
May. 08, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Deborah M Bryan, Dearborn, MI (US);
Randall W Bryan, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
126 42 ;
Abstract
A protective device (10) useful with an appliance (12) such as a stove or an oven having at least one control knob (14) operatively positioned on a first surface of the appliance, the device (10) comprising: a cover (20), movable between a first position and a second position, for protectively enveloping the control knob when in the first position and for permitting access to the control knob when in the second position; and magnetic material (60) attached to a portion of the cover (20) for causing the first means to tend to be maintained in the first position.