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US 12,726,010 B2Granted
Cord holder for a kitchen appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsEric A. Hill, Brandon T. Mock, Ryan J. Rutter
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Abstract
A kitchen appliance includes a body, a power cord extending outward from the body, and a cord holder configured to receive the power cord via wrapping of the power cord about the cord holder. The cord holder is operable between an attached condition and a detached condition. In the attached condition, the cord holder is attached to the body via magnetic attraction. In the detached condition, the cord holder is detached from the body.
Claims15
A kitchen appliance, comprising:
- a body;
- a power cord extending outward from the body;
- and
- a cord holder configured to receive the power cord via wrapping of the power cord about the cord holder, wherein the cord holder is operable between an attached condition, wherein the cord holder is attached to the body via magnetic attraction, and a detached condition, wherein the cord holder is detached from the body, the cord holder comprising:
- a barrel about which the power cord is configured to be wound, the barrel having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- a first flange extending outward from the first end of the barrel;
- and
- a second flange extending outward from the second end of the barrel opposite the first end, wherein the second flange defines a single channel that interrupts both sides of an outer periphery of the second flange, and wherein the channel extends across the second flange in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the second flange.
5 more elements
A kitchen appliance, comprising:
- a body;
- a power cord extending outward from the body;
- a cord holder configured to receive the power cord via wrapping of the power cord about the cord holder, wherein the cord holder is operable between an attached condition, wherein the cord holder is attached to the body via magnetic attraction, and a detached condition, wherein the cord holder is detached from the body, the cord holder comprising:
- a barrel about which the power cord is configured to be wound, the barrel having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- a first flange extending outward from the first end of the barrel;
- a second flange extending outward from the second end of the barrel and having a substantially stadium-shaped outer periphery that is elongated in a longitudinal direction of the second flange, wherein the second flange defines a channel that interrupts the substantially stadium-shaped outer periphery of the second flange and extends across the second flange in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
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- a magnet that is configured to magnetically attach the cord holder to the body of said kitchen appliance in the attached condition of the cord holder, wherein the magnet is disposed within the barrel and oriented such that a side of the first flange opposite the barrel is configured to abut the body in the attached condition of the cord holder.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.