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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:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Victor R Guilmette, Shelton, CT (US);
Richard B Kosten, West Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B / ; B67B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30416 ; 30434 ; 30123 ; 248664 ; 248674 ; 248324 ; 451 69 ;
Abstract
A kitchen appliance has a working unit with a motor and a mounting bracket for pivotably mounting the working unit under a kitchen cabinet. The working unit has a housing with a working area at a first face and a decorative second face. In a first position of the working unit, the working area is exposed at a first location. In a second position of the working unit, the working area is concealed by the mounting bracket and the decorative second face is exposed at the first location. Deflectable cantilevered detents are provided to stationarily hold the working unit at the first and second positions until moved by a user.