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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2006
Jerrod Aaron Kappler, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark Anthony Rinaudo, Crestwood, KY (US);
Justin P. Todd, Louisville, KY (US);
Steven Paul, Louisville, KY (US);
Brandon Wayne Coats, Georgetown, IN (US);
Jerrod Aaron Kappler, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark Anthony Rinaudo, Crestwood, KY (US);
Justin P. Todd, Louisville, KY (US);
Steven Paul, Louisville, KY (US);
Brandon Wayne Coats, Georgetown, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A closure assembly configured to urge a drawer of a refrigerator from an open position that permits access to an interior of the drawer toward a closed position that impedes access to the interior of the drawer. The closure assembly includes a cam block configured to be disposed on one of the drawer and a portion of the refrigerator other than the drawer. The cam block includes a cam surface. A cam member is configured to be disposed on the other one of the drawer and the portion of the refrigerator other than the drawer. The cam member includes a contact surface configured to contact the cam surface to urge the drawer from the open position toward the closed position.