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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Jones, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 11/009 (2013.01); A61G 11/00 (2013.01); A61G 11/005 (2013.01); A61G 11/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A door retention system for an infant care device includes a plurality of links pivotably coupling a door with an infant care device, and an energy storage device secured to at least one of the links. The energy storage device is configured to apply a force tending to open the door exclusively when the door is in close proximity to a fully-open position. The energy storage device is also configured to apply a force tending to close the door exclusively when the door is in close proximity to a fully-closed position.