Oven appliance spill plug insert
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJustin Patrick Todd, Cassandra Brady
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Abstract
An oven appliance includes a cabinet having a front portion spaced apart from a back portion and a left side spaced apart from a right side. The oven appliance also includes a cooktop defined on a top panel of the cabinet. A levelling leg extends through the cabinet from a levelling foot below the cabinet to an adjustment screw below the top panel. The oven appliance further includes a trough positioned below the top panel of the cabinet and above the adjustment screw. The trough includes an aperture located directly above the adjustment screw. The oven appliance further includes a resilient plug configured to be received in the aperture such that the resilient plug sealingly engages the aperture.
Claims20
An oven appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the cabinet comprising a front portion spaced apart from a back portion along the transverse direction and a left side spaced apart from a right side along the lateral direction;
- a cooktop defined on a top panel of the cabinet;
- a levelling leg extending through the cabinet along the vertical direction from a levelling foot below the cabinet to an adjustment screw below the top panel;
- a trough positioned below the top panel of the cabinet and above the adjustment screw, the trough comprising an aperture located directly above the adjustment screw;
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- a resilient plug configured to be received in the aperture, whereby the resilient plug sealingly engages the aperture.
An oven appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet, the cabinet comprising a front portion spaced apart from a back portion and a left side spaced apart from a right side;
- a cooktop defined on a top panel of the cabinet;
- a levelling leg extending through the cabinet from a levelling foot below the cabinet to an adjustment screw below the top panel;
- a trough positioned below the top panel of the cabinet and above the adjustment screw, the trough comprising an aperture located directly above the adjustment screw;
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- a resilient plug configured to be received in the aperture, whereby the resilient plug sealingly engages aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.