US 2023/0145985 A1Published application

Pocket handle screwless design

AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

InventorAldo Vincent Kremmel

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Abstract

A household appliance includes a cabinet, a door, and a handle. The cabinet includes a plurality of panels and defines an internal chamber therein. The door includes a front panel and an interior panel, the front panel and the interior panel defining a door cavity between the front panel and the interior panel. The front panel may include a handle cavity edge. The front panel can define a handle cavity at the handle cavity edge. The handle cavity edge may include a plurality of flanges angled into the door cavity. The handle may be disposed in the handle cavity and may include an outer surface and an inner surface. The handle further may include a plurality of snaps located on a periphery of the inner surface. The snaps may be lodged against corresponding flanges and may attach the handle to the front panel of the door.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A household appliance with a vertical, transverse, and lateral direction defined in relation to a door, each direction orthogonal to one another, the household appliance comprising:

a cabinet comprising a plurality of panels, the cabinet defining an internal chamber therein;
a door mounted on the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the internal chamber in a closed position, the door extending along the vertical direction in the closed position between a top lip and a bottom lip, the door comprising a front panel and an interior panel, the front panel and the interior panel defining a door cavity between the front panel and the interior panel, the front panel comprising a handle cavity edge, the front panel defining a handle cavity at the handle cavity edge, and the handle cavity edge comprising a plurality of flanges angled into the door cavity;
and
a handle disposed in the handle cavity, the handle comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, the handle defining a recess extending into the door cavity between the front panel and the interior panel, the handle further comprising a plurality of snaps located on a periphery of the inner surface, the one or more snaps of the plurality of snaps being lodged against one or more corresponding flanges of the plurality of flanges to attach the handle to the front panel of the door.

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A household appliance, the household appliance comprising:

a cabinet comprising a plurality of panels, the cabinet defining an internal chamber;
a door mounted on the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the internal chamber in a closed position, the door comprising a front panel and an interior panel, a door cavity defined between the front panel and the interior panel, the front panel comprising a handle cavity edge, the front panel defining a handle cavity at the handle cavity edge and the handle cavity edge comprising a plurality of flanges angled into the door cavity;
and
a handle attached to the door in the handle cavity, the handle comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, the handle defining a recess at the handle cavity that extends into the door cavity between the front panel and the interior panel, the handle further comprising a plurality of snaps located on a periphery of the inner surface, the one or more snaps of the plurality of snaps being lodged against one or more corresponding flanges of the plurality of flanges to attach the handle to the front panel of the door,
wherein the handle further comprises a front lip, the front lip extending beyond the handle cavity edge and onto the front panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.