Appliance storage assembly
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsKamil Musa El-Sayed, Bartosz Daniel Stawczyk, Atishkumar S. Dhage
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Abstract
An appliance storage assembly includes a storage feature that includes a base and a plurality of walls that extend from the base. The base and the plurality of walls define a storage cavity. A rail assembly includes a rail and a rail slide. The rail slide is coupled to the storage feature and enables the storage feature to move along a length of the rail. A divider includes an upper retaining member and a lower retaining member spaced-apart from one another by at least one connecting member. The upper retaining member defines upper grooves and the lower retaining member defines corresponding lower grooves. A magnet is coupled to the lower retaining member and selectively engages the base of the storage feature.
Claims18
An appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a compartment;
- a storage feature selectively disposed within the compartment, wherein the storage feature includes a base at least partially defining a storage cavity;
- a rail assembly including a rail and a rail slide, wherein the rail is coupled to the cabinet and the rail slide is coupled to the storage feature, and wherein the storage feature is operable between a stowed position and a deployed position;
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- a divider having at least one retaining member comprising a first retaining member defining first grooves and a second retaining member defining second grooves, and at least one magnet, wherein the divider is configured to magnetically engage with the base within the storage cavity, and wherein the first retaining member is spaced from the second retaining member by a connecting member.
A storage assembly for an appliance, comprising
- a storage feature having a plurality of walls coupled to a base, wherein the storage feature defines a storage cavity;
- a divider having an upper retaining member coupled to a lower retaining member via at least one connecting member, wherein the upper retaining member defines upper grooves and the lower retaining member defines lower grooves that vertically align with the upper grooves to define receiving spaces for receiving goods;
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- a magnetic feature coupled to at least one of the lower retaining member of the divider and the base of the storage feature to form a magnetic engagement between the divider with the base.
A storage assembly, comprising:
- a storage feature defining a storage cavity, wherein the storage feature includes:
- a base;
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- walls extending from the base to define the storage cavity;
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- a divider configured to selectively engage the base, wherein the divider includes:
- at least one retaining member defining a groove for receiving an item;
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- at least one magnet coupled to the at least one retaining member, wherein the at least one magnet is configured to magnetically engage the base within the storage cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.