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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997

Filed:

Apr. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:

Michael Alvin Lybarger, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2481884 ; 2481882 ; 248649 ; 248672 ;
Abstract

An assembly to mount an appliance on a floor includes a pair of openings in the appliance base, each surrounded by a helical thread. The thread includes a pair of downwardly projecting detents. A mount for each opening includes a head with a shaft extending from the top thereof and received in the opening. The shaft includes an external helical thread mating with the appliance base thread. The mount is made of plastic which cold flows sufficiently for the shaft thread to conform to the detents. An unbalance responsive mechanism includes a strap extending across the housing with a transverse pin adjacent each end. A mount for each end of the strap includes a head with a shaft extending from the top thereof. The distal end of the shaft includes transverse openings to receive an end portion of the strap and the corresponding transverse pin. Non-skid, insulating pads are bonded to the bottom of the heads.


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