US Patent 7861542 Refrigerator including food product management system

Patent 7861542 was granted and assigned to Maytag on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Maytag

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

78615420

Patent Inventor Names

John Francis Broker0

Joel Rozendaal0

Date of Patent

January 4, 2011

Patent Application Number

117334910

Date Filed

April 10, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Cheryl J. Tyler

Patent abstract

A refrigerator includes at least one refrigerated compartment and a food product management system. The food product management system includes a container for storing foodstuffs in the at least one refrigerated compartment. The container includes a storage zone and a lid. A tag is arranged on the container to provide a consumer with an indication of whether a food item stored in the container is or is not spoiled. The tag can include a timer having a display, an indicator that changes state upon the passage of a predetermined time period and a computer that notifies a consumer, such as through an email, about a parameter associated with the food item in the container. The tag is affixed to the container with adhesive, snaps, clips, hooks and the like or, alternatively, simply integrally formed with the container.