Locating features for a control panel of a domestic appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDonald James Leisl, III, John Andrew Schmelz
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Abstract
A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet. The cabinet may include a front panel at a top thereof. The washing machine may include a control panel mounted to the front panel. The control panel may include a body. The body may include an attachment portion. The attachment portion may include a first perimeter and a plurality of latches. The plurality of latches disposed along the first perimeter. The washing machine appliance may include a fascia. The fascia may include a second perimeter and a plurality of snaps. The second perimeter may correspond to the first perimeter. The plurality of snaps may be disposed along the second perimeter to engage with the plurality of latches.
Claims19
A washing machine appliance comprising:
- a cabinet comprising a front panel and a bracket cross brace, the bracket cross brace being mounted to the front panel to brace the front panel;
- a control panel comprising a body, the body being attached to the front panel via the bracket cross brace, the body comprising an attachment portion, the attachment portion comprising a first perimeter and a plurality of latches disposed along the first perimeter, each latch of the plurality of latches comprising an assembly tab and a disassembly rib;
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- a fascia mounted to the attachment portion, the fascia comprising:
- a second perimeter corresponding to the first perimeter;
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- a plurality of snaps being disposed along the second perimeter, each snap of the plurality of snaps being aligned to a latch of the plurality of latches,
- wherein each snap of the plurality of snaps is in selective snapped engagement with the assembly tab of the corresponding latch of the plurality of latches, and
- wherein each snap of the plurality of snaps is selectively engageable with the disassembly rib of the corresponding latch of the plurality of latches to disengage each snap of the plurality of snaps from the corresponding latch of the plurality of latches during disassembly.
A washing machine appliance comprising:
- a cabinet comprising a front panel at a top thereof;
- a control panel mounted to the front panel, the control panel comprising:
- a body comprising an attachment portion, the attachment portion comprising a first perimeter and a plurality of latches, the plurality of latches disposed along the first perimeter, each latch of the plurality of latches comprising an assembly tab and a disassembly rib each extended from the first perimeter;
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- a fascia comprising a second perimeter and a plurality of snaps, the second perimeter corresponding to the first perimeter, the plurality of snaps disposed along the second perimeter to engage with the plurality of latches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.