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US 8,757,565 B2Granted
Home appliance with support assembly
AssigneeBSH Home Appliances Corporation
InventorsDavid Adams, Michael Rutherford
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Abstract
A floor-standing home appliance in the nature of a range including an appliance body and a support assembly for supporting the appliance body on a support surface, the support assembly including a support member extending away from the appliance body, the support member having an engagement member with a predetermined shape at a distal end thereof, and a shoe attached to the distal end of the support member, the shoe having a receiving well with a shape complimentary to the predetermined shape of the engagement member to receive the engagement member in the receiving well.
Claims17
A floor-standing home appliance comprising:
- an appliance body;
- and
- a support assembly for supporting the appliance body on a support surface, the support assembly including:
- a threaded support member extending away from the appliance body, the support member having a shaft and an engagement member having a predetermined shape with a multi-faceted distal end, with the shaft threads extending from the appliance body to the distal end;
- and
- a shoe attached to the distal end of the support member, the shoe having a generally planar platform with a multi-faceted wall projecting upwardly from the platform terminating in a planar rim and defining a receiving well having a floor and inner wall surfaces, the inner wall surfaces being formed with a multi-faceted shape complimentary to the predetermined shape of the engagement member, with the receiving well having an open top portion larger than the engagement member and configured to receive the engagement member in the receiving well with the engagement member in contact with the inner walls and floor of the receiving well, wherein the shoe and support member are configured to preclude relative movement therebetween.
3 more elements
A floor-standing range comprising:
- a range body;
- and
- a support assembly for supporting the range body on a support surface, the support assembly including:
- a threaded support member extending away from the appliance body, the support member having a shaft and an engagement member having a predetermined shape with a multi-faceted distal end, with the shaft threads extending from the appliance body to the distal end;
- and
- a shoe attached to the distal end of the support member, the shoe having a generally planar platform with a multi-faceted wall projecting upwardly from the platform terminating in a planar rim and defining a receiving well having a floor and inner wall surfaces, the inner wall surfaces being formed with a multi-faceted shape complimentary to the predetermined shape of the engagement member, with the receiving well having an open top portion larger than the engagement member and configured to receive the engagement member in the receiving well with the engagement member in contact with the inner walls and floor of the receiving well, wherein the shoe and support member are configured to preclude relative movement therebetween.
3 more elements
A floor-standing home appliance comprising:
- an appliance body;
- and
- a support assembly for supporting the appliance body on a support surface, the support assembly including:
- a threaded support member extending away from the appliance body, the support member having a shaft and an engagement member having a predetermined shape with a multi-faceted distal end, with the shaft threads extending from the appliance body to the distal end;
- a shoe attached to the distal end of the support member, the shoe having a generally planar platform with a multi-faceted wall projecting upwardly from the platform defining a receiving well with a multi-faceted shape complimentary to the predetermined shape of the engagement member, with the receiving well having an open top portion configured to receive the engagement member in the receiving well, wherein the shoe and support member are configured to preclude relative movement therebetween;
- and
- a generally planar, one-piece collar attached to the shoe to retain the engagement member in the receiving well wherein the collar abuts the wall forming the receiving well without abutting the shaft.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.