Mounting bracket assembly for appliance
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsDaniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
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Abstract
A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side. The assembly includes a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure on a ledge. The assembly also includes a cam rotatably mounted to the housing to rotatably engage a surface of the ledge to raise the appliance.
Claims20
A mounting assembly for mounting an appliance to a wall, comprising:
- a first bracket having a wall-facing surface and an appliance-facing surface and at least one ledge protruding outwardly away from said wall-facing surface;
- a second bracket for coupling to an appliance, said second bracket having at least one bracket receiving opening disposed therein, wherein said at least one bracket receiving opening has an opening top surface and said bracket receiving opening is alignable with said at least one ledge to receive said at least one ledge under said opening top surface when said second bracket occupies a first position relative to said first bracket;
- wherein said second bracket is moveable by a user to a second position relative to said first bracket to place said opening top surface in contact with said at least one ledge;
- a cam having a cam axis and an outer camming surface with increasing radius therealong, said cam rotatably coupled to said second bracket above said at least one bracket receiving opening, said cam rotatable about said cam axis from a cam home position through a range of intermediate cam positions to a final cam position;
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- wherein said cam occupies said cam home position when said second bracket occupies said first position relative to said first bracket.
A mounting assembly for mounting an appliance to a wall comprising:
- a first bracket having a wall-facing surface and an appliance-facing surface and at least one ledge protruding outwardly away from said wall-facing surface;
- an appliance having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear surface, side surfaces, and a front surface;
- a second bracket coupled to said rear surface of said appliance, wherein said second bracket further comprises a cam having a cam axis and an outer camming surface with increasing radius therealong, said cam rotatably coupled to rotate about said cam axis from a cam home position through a range of intermediate cam positions to a final cam position;
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- wherein said cam occupies said cam home position when said appliance is coupled to said first bracket by positioning said cam over top of said at least one ledge, and wherein said cam occupies said final cam position after said cam has been rotated by a user a predetermined amount.
A method for installing an appliance on a wall beneath an obstacle, the appliance including an enclosure with a cooking cavity configured to receive food, wherein the enclosure includes at least a rear side and a top side, the method comprising:
- installing a first bracket on a wall, wherein the first bracket has a ledge depending outwardly therefrom and includes a ledge support surface;
- providing an appliance having a second bracket, wherein said second bracket includes a cam rotatably coupled thereto, wherein said cam further includes a camming surface having increasing radii therealong in a radial direction;
- placing said appliance onto said first bracket by positioning said cam over said ledge;
- allowing said appliance to move vertically downwardly until said cam rests on said ledge support surface;
- rotating said cam to bring said increasing radii of said camming surface into contact with said ledge support surface;
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- continuing to rotate said cam until a maximum radius of said camming surface is in contact with said ledge support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.