Appliance With an Electrically Adaptive Adapter to Alternatively Couple Multiple Consumer Electronic Devices
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Abstract
A modular system comprises an appliance and an adaptive adapter configured to alternately couple two consumer electronic devices to the appliance and to supply a different electrical service between the appliance and the consumer electronic devices depending on the device selected. The adaptive adapter supplies a first category of electrical service to a first consumer electronic device and a second category of electrical service to a second consumer electronic device. The appliance may comprise a refrigeration appliance and the adaptive adapter can couple the consumer electronic devices to the appliance.
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55 Claims
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1-30. -30. (canceled)
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31. A modular system comprising:
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an appliance conducting a useful cycle of operation; and an adaptive adapter configured to alternatively couple a first consumer electronic device and a second consumer electronic device to the appliance and supply a first category of electrical service between the appliance and the first consumer electronic device, and supply a second category of electrical service between the appliance and the second consumer electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A modular system comprising:
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an appliance conducting a useful cycle of operation; and an adaptive adapter configured to alternatively couple a first consumer electronic device and a second consumer electronic device to the refrigeration appliance and supply a first category of electrical service between the refrigeration appliance and the first consumer electronic device, and supply a second category of electrical service between the refrigeration appliance and the second consumer electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. An adaptive adapter for mounting multiple dissimilar portable consumer electronic devices to a host, the adaptive adapter comprising:
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a holder capable of alternatively removably coupling a first consumer electronic device to the host to supply a first electrical service between the host and the first consumer electronic device and of alternatively removably coupling a second consumer electronic device to the host to supply second service different than the first electrical service between the host and the second consumer electronic device different than the first electrical service, wherein the second portable consumer device cannot use the first service; and a service interface capable of removably coupling the adaptive adapter to the host to provide the adaptive adapter with an electrical service and a mechanical service from the host. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55)
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