Supports – Stand – Understructure
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-27
2010-06-29
Wujciak, III, A. Joseph (Department: 3632)
Supports
Stand
Understructure
C248S649000, C248S650000, C248S615000, C248S677000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07744050
ABSTRACT:
A self-leveling foot for an appliance of the type that includes a base to be seated on a floor; a rod affixed to the base and projecting upwardly therefrom; an elastic element having a lower end seated on the base and a tubular sleeve, slidably mounted and guided around the rod, and having a lower portion seated on the upper end of the elastic element and an upper portion to be mounted under a lower frame portion of the appliance, so as to apply on the base, through the elastic element, a respective portion of the appliance weight. The foot of the present invention may further comprise a dampening means mounted between the parts of rod and tubular sleeve, so as to exert a braking force against the relative axial movement between said parts.
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Barcha Wladimir Alex Magalhaes
Braz Adelcio
de Oliveira Antonio
de Toledo Carlos Eduardo Buratto
Munhoz Erico de Oliveira
Colandreo, Esq. Brian J
Epps Todd M.
Holland & Knight LLP
Whirlpool S.A.
Wujciak, III A. Joseph
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