Patents by Inventor Justin P. Todd

Justin P. Todd 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).

  • Closure assembly and method
    Patent number: 7753459
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jerrod Aaron Kappler, Mark Anthony Rinaudo, Justin P. Todd, Steven Paul, Brandon Wayne Coats
  • CLOSURE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20080116777
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Jerrod Aaron Kappler, Mark Anthony Rinaudo, Justin P. Todd, Steven Paul, Brandon Wayne Coats