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US 7,031,144 B2Granted
Reversible display apparatus and method for appliances
AssigneeGSLE Development Corporation
InventorsDavid J. Carter, Walter J. Tipton
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for displaying interaction or an appliance, such as an incubator, provides a display module having a display face angled relative to the vertical plane. The display face can be angled upwardly or downwardly to face the line of sight of a user.
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An apparatus for displaying information related to an appliance, comprising:
- a display element having a display face configured to be selectively angled at least one of upwardly or downwardly relative to a vertical plane;
- a reversible bezel mounted to the appliance and configured to be attached to the appliance in two opposite orientations, comprising a first orientation corresponding to the display face being angled upwardly relative to the vertical plane, and a second orientation corresponding to the display face being angled downwardly relative to the vertical plane.
A display apparatus for an appliance, comprising:
- means for displaying information related to the appliance, having a display face;
- means for supporting the displaying means to have the display face selectively angled at least one of upwardly or downwardly relative to a vertical plane;
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- means for attaching a bezel to the appliance in two opposite orientations, comprising a first orientation corresponding to the display face being angled upwardly relative to the vertical plane, and a second orientation corresponding to the display face being angled downwardly relative to the vertical plane.
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A method of displaying information related to an appliance, comprising:
- supporting a display element such that a display face is selectively angled at least one of upwardly or downwardly relative to a vertical plane;
- attaching a bezel to the appliance in one of two opposite orientations, comprising a first orientation corresponding to the display face being angled upwardly relative to the vertical plane, and a second orientation corresponding to the display face being angled downwardly relative to the vertical plane;
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- displaying information related to the appliance on the display face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.