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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Steven M. Falk, Baltimore, MD (US);
Matthew L. Severns, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Joseph Boris, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Michael H. Mackin, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Christopher A. Dykes, Columbia, MD (US);
Steven M. Falk, Baltimore, MD (US);
Matthew L. Severns, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Joseph Boris, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Michael H. Mackin, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Christopher A. Dykes, Columbia, MD (US);
General Electric Co, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An infant care apparatus having a canopy movable with respect to an infant support for supporting an infant between a lower position enclosing the infant in an infant compartment and an upper position opening the infant compartment. The canopy has an opening and a door that can be closed to block the opening and opened to unblock the opening. A radiant heater is located in a fixed position above the infant support to direct infrared energy toward the infant support. When the canopy is in its lower position, a convective heating system warms the infant compartment. The door either closes as the canopy moves to its lower position or opens as the canopy moves to its upper position.