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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. 15, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G. Harrison, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel W. Knodle, Seattle, WA (US);
Gary M. Bang, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Icebox, LLC, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/64 ; A47F 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/64 ; A47F 5/08 ;
Abstract
Appliances designed to be mounted on the bottom of a structure such as an overhead cabinet system. The appliance has an integrated unit (or module) which includes a television tuner and, optionally, a player for an optically readable disk. The appliance also has a display unit of the flat screen type. The display unit is attached to the appliance module by a universal pivot mechanism which allows the unit to be: (a) rotated and tilted to face a viewer, and (b) folded up against the appliance module and out of the way when the display unit is not in use.