Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Mitchell

Thomas P. Mitchell 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: 4909580
    Abstract: A fabric dryer cabinet includes a simplified, multi-purpose assembly for mounting the front panel to the main body of the cabinet. The assembly includes two leveling leg support members welded, in spaced apart relationship, to a shield. Each support member has an upwardly extending tab and a threaded lug to receive a support leg. The assembly is joined to the lower front of the cabinet main body. The front panel has side flanges with lower lips having mounting holes. The tabs engage the holes to urge the front panel toward the cabinet main body when the front panel is placed on the assembly. The main body side panels and the front panel have mating guides and openings to assure the front panel registers with the side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Thomas P. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 4817297
    Abstract: A fabric dryer support structure serves multiple functions and facilitates dryer assembly. The dryer includes a drum, a panel supporting the open front end of the drum and a housing having front panel spaced from the open end of the drum. A unitary intermediate member bridges between the front panel and the drum, with an opening in the intermediate member in register with an access opening in the front panel and the open front end of the drum. A rim on the intermediate member is closely aligned with the front edge of the drum. The intermediate member also supports a filter in alignment with part of the drum opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel N. Toma, Thomas P. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 4251002
    Abstract: A tamper proof container and closure assembly comprises a collar connected to the container by a number of straps moulded to and between the container and collar, so that when the collar is snapped into engagement with the container, the collar can be removed only by breaking one or more of the straps, the collar being sealed to form the closure by the application to the collar of a plug which cannot be removed from the collar without distorting the material of the plug and/or the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Inventors: Andrew D. Middleton, Thomas P. Mitchell