Mounting bracket assembly for appliance
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsDaniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
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Abstract
A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side. The assembly includes a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure on a ledge. The assembly also includes a cam rotatably mounted to the housing to rotatably engage a surface of the ledge to raise the appliance.
Claims17
A mounting assembly for mounting an appliance to a wall comprising:
- a first bracket having a wall-facing surface and an appliance-facing surface and at least one ledge protruding outwardly away from said wall-facing surface at a ledge angle;
- an appliance having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear surface, side surfaces, and a front surface, wherein said rear surface further comprises a cam having a cam axis and an outer camming surface with increasing radius therealong, said cam rotatably coupled to rotate about said cam axis from a cam home position through a range of intermediate cam positions to a final cam position;
- wherein said cam occupies said cam home position when said appliance is coupled to said first bracket by positioning said cam over top of said ledge, and wherein said earn occupies said final earn position after said cam has been rotated by a user a predetermined amount.
A method for installing an appliance on a wall beneath an obstacle, the appliance including an enclosure with a cooking cavity configured to receive food, wherein the enclosure includes at least a rear side and a top side, the method comprising:
- installing a first bracket on a wall, wherein the first bracket has a ledge depending outwardly therefrom and includes a ledge support surface;
- providing an appliance with a cam rotatably coupled thereto, wherein said cam further includes a camming surface having increasing radii therealong in a radial direction;
- placing said appliance onto said first bracket by positioning said cam over said ledge;
- allowing said appliance to move vertically downwardly until said cam rests said ledge support surface;
- rotating said cam to bring said increasing radii of said camming surface into contact with said ledge support surface;
- continuing to rotate said cam until a maximum radius of said camming surface is in contact with said ledge support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.