Patents by Inventor Bruce Lloyd Ruark

Bruce Lloyd Ruark has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6055823
    Abstract: A refreshment center having a modular construction and including a mini door and a frame is described. The mini door is fabricated and assembled separate from the frame, and the mini door includes a hinge system and a trigger. The mini door provides quick and convenient access to the refreshment center by being simple and easy to open and close. The frame, in an exemplary embodiment, is a one piece plastic molded part which serves as the main structural member of the assembly. The frame includes first and second spaced apart planar members, and further includes a keeper slot and a keeper for being inserted within the slot. The keeper extends from the slot and at least partially through a keeper slot in the door trim. The frame further includes a switch cavity for housing at least a portion of a switch assembly. A switch bracket is provided to be secured over the switch cavity and is engaged to the frame by a screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Phillip D. Baker, Gordon Turner Walker, Dennis Paul Matz, Gerald Lee Mitchell, Joseph Murphy Miller, Charles William Nelson, Bruce Lloyd Ruark, Jerry Clyde Martin, Michael Joseph McCauley, John Joseph Domagala, Duane Jubenville, Michael Stephen Csernik, Mark Walter Steiner