Lifter for a laundry appliance that includes an internal filter for removing pet hair from laundry being processed

A lifter cover for a removable filter apparatus comprising:

• a squeeze latch molded into the lifter cover, the squeeze latch defining latch arms having snaps that ride bosses of a lifter base to flex toward one another as the lifter cover is slid onto the lifter base and then resiliently flex back toward their original position once the snaps pass beyond the bosses, the latch arms being squeezable together to release the squeeze latch and allow the snaps to pass between the bosses as the lifter cover is slid off the lifter base,
• a series of stops onto which a filter element rests inside the lifter cover in a closed position, wherein the stops collectively serve to limit movement of the filter element into the lifter cover, and
• one or more filter latches to secure the filter element into the lifter cover, the stops and the filter latches being spaced apart and arranged to define a gap into which the filter element snaps into place.