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US 2024/0200861 A1Published application
Basket divider apparatus and method
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsPierce R. Woodling, Eric L. Scalf
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Abstract
An appliance or basket having one or more dividers. The dividers may include a stowed position and a deployed position relative to each other. A divider may include one or more engagement mechanisms to engage portions of the basket in the deployed position and/or engage portions of another divider in the stowed position.
Claims20
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a basket body having a space therein for storing food, the space formed by a plurality of walls including a first wall and an opposing second wall, wherein the basket body includes a first divider and at least one second divider, and wherein the first divider includes opposing first ends engaging the first wall and the opposing second wall, respectively, and wherein the at least one second divider includes opposing second ends;
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- wherein the at least one second divider is positioned in a stowed position engaged to the first divider and a deployed position disengaged from the first divider, and wherein when in the deployed position the opposing second ends of the at least one second divider engages the first wall and the opposing second wall, respectively.
A basket for an appliance comprising:
- a body having a space therein for storing food, the space formed by a plurality of walls including a first wall and a second wall, wherein the body includes a first divider and at least one second divider, and wherein the first divider includes opposing first ends engaging the first wall and the second wall, respectively, and wherein the at least one second divider includes opposing second ends;
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- wherein the at least one second divider is positioned in a stowed position engaged to the first divider and at least one deployed position disengaged from the first divider, and wherein when in the at least one deployed position the opposing second ends of the at least one second divider engages the first wall and the second wall, respectively.
A method of partitioning the space of a basket of an appliance comprising the steps of:
- providing a basket body having a space therein for storing contents, the space formed by a plurality of walls including a first wall and an opposing second wall, wherein the basket body includes at least one first divider and at least one second divider, and wherein the at least one first divider includes opposing first ends engaging the first wall and the opposing second wall, respectively, and wherein the at least one second divider includes opposing second ends;
- stowing the at least one second divider in engagement with the at least one first divider in a stowed position;
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- deploying the at least one second divider away from the at least one first divider to at least one deployed position, wherein when in the at least one deployed position the opposing second ends of the at least one second divider engages the first wall and the opposing second wall, respectively.
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