Brace for an oven appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorJohn Adam Yantis
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Abstract
An oven appliance may include a cabinet that defines a top side and a back side. In addition, the oven appliance may include a control assembly that may be positioned at the top side and the back side of the cabinet. Further, the oven appliance may include a rear wire cover connected to the control assembly. In addition, the oven appliance may include a control bracket attached to the control assembly, the control bracket comprising a brace.
Claims16
An oven appliance defining a lateral direction, a transverse direction, and a vertical direction, the lateral direction, the transverse direction, and the vertical direction being mutually perpendicular, the oven appliance comprising:
- a cabinet extending between a top side and a bottom side along the vertical direction, and extending between a front side and a back side along the transverse direction;
- a control assembly positioned at the top side and at the back side of the cabinet, the control assembly comprising a control panel, a top panel, and a rear panel;
- a rear wire cover connected to the control assembly, the rear wire cover rotatable between an open position and a closed position;
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- one or more control brackets attached to the control assembly, each of the one or more control brackets comprising a rear portion attached directly to the rear panel of the control assembly, a top portion extending parallel to the top panel of the control assembly, a panel portion extending parallel to the control panel, and a brace attached to the top portion of the respective control bracket of the one or more control brackets, wherein each brace defines a notch that is configured to allow the rear wire cover to rotate between the open position and the closed position.
An oven appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a top side and a back side;
- a control assembly positioned at the top side and the back side of the cabinet, the control assembly comprising a control panel, a top panel, and a rear panel;
- a rear wire cover connected to the control assembly, wherein the rear wire cover is rotatable between an open position and a closed position;
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- a control bracket attached to the control assembly, the control bracket comprising a rear portion attached directly to the rear panel of the control assembly, a top portioning extending parallel to the control assembly, a panel portion extending parallel to the control panel, and a brace attached to the top portion of the control bracket, wherein the brace defines a notch that is configured to allow the rear wire cover to rotate between the open position and the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.