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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2006
Applicant:
Robert Joseph Haeberle, New Bern, NC (US);
Inventor:
Robert Joseph Haeberle, New Bern, NC (US);
Assignee:
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/00 (2006.01); A47B 95/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Counterbalance devices are provided for a closure mounted with respect to a container. The devices can include a stationary friction member, an elongated flexible member, and a biasing member. The stationary friction member can be comprised of a mounting portion and a friction portion. An intermediate portion of the elongated flexible member can also slidingly engage the friction surface of the stationary friction member.