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US 11,988,390 B1Granted
Body-mounted hinge assembly component
AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorGregory Funk
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Abstract
An appliance includes a hinge assembly for coupling a door to a housing or body of the appliance. The hinge assembly can include a body-mounted component, such as a body-mounted hinge or a body-mounted receiver. The body-mounted component is secured to a vertical support of the appliance. A mating component of the body-mounted hinge or body-mounted receiver is attached to the door.
Claims18
A household appliance comprising:
- a first vertical support column having an elongated bead extending along a length thereof, said elongated bead being provided as a recess within a surface of the first vertical support column;
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- a base rail defining a first pocket therein;
- a bottom end of said first vertical support column abutting the first pocket such the first vertical support column are delivered to said base rail via abutment between the bottom end of the first vertical support column and the first pocket.
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A household appliance comprising:
- a housing having opposed first and second decorative side panels;
- first and second vertical support columns formed integrally in the respective decorative side panels via metal bending;
- and a front base rail comprising first and second pockets having respective embossed perimeter walls formed in an upper surface of the base rail at opposing first and second ends thereof;
- the respective bottom ends of the first and second vertical support columns being received in the first and second pockets, respectively;
- wherein both vertical and lateral loads are transmitted from each of the first and second vertical support columns directly to the base rail via abutment with the respective pockets and without any substantial proportion of said loads being transmitted via intermediate fasteners.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.