Lid assembly for a laundry appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsIftkhar Ahamad, Neyda Eleza Leon Lopez, Raghavendran Prabhakaran
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Abstract
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior cavity. A frame has a raised outer edge and defines a support structure. A first panel is received by the outer edge of the frame and rests upon the support structure in a first lid configuration. A second panel is received by the outer edge of the frame and rests upon a portion of the support structure in a second lid configuration. A trim is selectively coupled to the support structure in the second lid configuration.
Claims19
A laundry appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior cavity;
- a frame having a raised outer edge and defining a support structure, wherein the frame is operably coupled to the cabinet;
- a first panel received by the raised outer edge of the frame and that rests upon the support structure in a first lid configuration;
- a second panel received by the raised outer edge of the frame and that rests upon the support structure in a second lid configuration;
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- a trim positioned between the second panel and the frame and selectively coupled to the support structure of the frame in the second lid configuration.
A lid assembly for an appliance, comprising:
- a frame having a front edge;
- a first panel coupled to the frame in a first lid configuration, wherein the first panel is configured to abut the front edge;
- a second panel coupled to the frame in a second lid configuration, wherein the second panel is configured to be spaced from the front edge;
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- a trim positioned between the second panel and the front edge in the second lid configuration.
A lid assembly for a laundry appliance, comprising:
- a frame having support structures, wherein each of the support structures includes:
- a horizontal surface;
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- a vertical surface coupled to the horizontal surface and defining snap feature apertures;
- a first panel coupled to the frame in a first lid configuration, wherein the horizontal surfaces of the support structures support the first panel;
- a second panel coupled to the frame in a second lid configuration;
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- a trim positioned between the second panel and an outer edge of the frame in the second lid configuration, wherein the trim includes snap elements extending from a bottom surface thereof to cooperate with the snap feature apertures and couple the trim to the frame in the second lid configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.