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US 2023/0400189 A1Published application
Detachable and interchangeable appliance handle
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsTushar A. KALBANDE, Sarang H. LOKAKSHA, Pallavi Baburao NEVAGE, Yogesh V. SONONE
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Abstract
A handle assembly for an appliance door may include a handle having at least one attachment mechanism extending from a spacer on an unexposed side of the handle, the attachment mechanism including a ball arranged on a post, the post being received and fixed to the spacer, and a socket arranged on the appliance door and configured to receive the ball to selectively secure the handle to an appliance frame.
Claims20
A handle assembly for an appliance door, comprising:
- a handle having at least one attachment mechanism extending from a spacer on an unexposed side of the handle, the attachment mechanism including a ball arranged on a post, the post being received and fixed to the spacer;
- and
- a socket arranged on the appliance door and configured to receive the ball to selectively secure the handle to an appliance frame.
A handle assembly for an appliance door, comprising:
- a handle having at least one attachment mechanism extending from a spacer on an unexposed side of the handle, the attachment mechanism including an engagement portion arranged on a post, the post being received and fixed to the spacer;
- and
- a socket arranged on the appliance door and configured to receive the engagement portion to for form a snap-fit with the engagement portion to selectively secure the handle to an appliance frame, wherein the socket is formed of a material more malleable than the engagement portion, and wherein the socket is configured to receive the engagement portion during installation of the handle on the appliance door when the handle is presented a predefined angle relative to the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.