US 12,434,885 B2 · Pitcher assembly for refrigerator appliance

Abstract

A pitcher assembly includes a pitcher including a wall connected to a bottom defining a picture volume. The wall defines an opening at the top edge of the pitcher and a spout is formed at the top edge of the pitcher. A lid is removably fitted to the opening, the lid having a vertical wall extending from the skirt at the spout, and a second wall extending into the spout. The first and second walls cooperate with the spout and the skirt to at least partially block liquid from unintentionally splashing out of the pitcher volume. The lid may also include an energy-absorbing material disposed between a vertically displaceable float body and the lid.

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Dependent claims

A pitcher assembly defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the pitcher assembly comprising:

a pitcher including a pitcher wall connected to a pitcher bottom defining a pitcher volume, the pitcher wall defining an opening at a top edge of the pitcher, and a spout defined by a first spout wall, a second spout wall, and an incline wall;
a lid removably received in the opening of the pitcher, the lid comprising:
a top wall having a bottom surface;
a skirt extending from the bottom surface;
a first wall disposed vertically below the skirt at the spout;
and
a second wall extending from the first wall into the spout;
and
wherein a flow path is defined by the first wall, the second wall, and the spout.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pitcher assembly for refrigerator appliance

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Pitcher assembly for refrigerator appliance

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Abstract

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