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US 11,143,451 B2Granted
Household appliance having a part being releasably attached
AssigneeBSH Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsMuharrem Uemit Caglin, Ercan Ilman, Oezguer Uysal
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Abstract
A household appliance contains a part that is releasably attached onto to the household appliance through a snap-fit connection. The part is provided with two or more engagement sites including a first engagement site and a second engagement site distributed around an axis along a direction to be followed at a process for releasably securing of the part. Each of the first engagement site and the second engagement site has a different respective orthogonal projection on the axis.
Claims12
A household appliance, comprising:
- a part being releasably attached onto the household appliance through a snap-fit connection, said part including a male snap-fit connector having a longitudinal zigzag extent, said male snap-fit connector having at least two engagement sites including a first engagement site and a second engagement site distributed around an axis of said part along a release direction to be followed at a process for releasably securing of said part, each of said first engagement site and said second engagement site being provided along a longitudinal length of said male snap-fit connector for having a different respective orthogonal projection on the axis.
A household appliance, comprising:
- a part being releasably attached onto the household appliance through a snap-fit connection, said part including a male snap-fit having at least two engagement sites including a first engagement site and a second engagement site distributed around an axis of said part along a release direction to be followed at a process for releasably securing of said part, each of said first engagement site and said second engagement site being provided along a longitudinal length of said male snap-fit connector and having a different respective orthogonal projection on the axis, a portion of said male snap-fit connector between said first engagement site and said second engagement site having undulations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.