Handle tray for fascia panel of an appliance
AssigneesBSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsMia Criner, David Hite
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Abstract
A domestic appliance for treating items may include a cabinet having a plurality of walls at least partly defining an interior chamber for treating items; a door assembly to enclose the interior chamber; a fascia panel attached to the door assembly, the fascia panel having a handle shell that at least partly defines a handle recess on the fascia panel, and the fascia panel having at least one fascia panel rib formed on an interior surface of the fascia panel opposite the handle shell; a handle tray having a main body and at least one finger extending from the main body, the at least one finger structured to be positioned adjacent to the at least one fascia panel rib.
Claims10
A domestic appliance for treating items, the domestic appliance comprising:
- a cabinet having a plurality of walls at least partly defining an interior chamber for treating items;
- a door assembly to enclose the interior chamber;
- a fascia panel attached to the door assembly, the fascia panel having a handle shell that at least partly defines a handle recess on the fascia panel, and the fascia panel having at least one fascia panel rib formed on an interior surface of the fascia panel, the at least one fascia panel rib positioned opposite the handle shell and accessible to the handle recess;
- a handle tray having a main body and at least one finger extending from the main body, the at least one finger structured to be positioned adjacent to the at least one fascia panel rib, wherein the handle tray is releasably attachable to the fascia panel such that when the handle tray is attached to the fascia panel a portion of the at least one fascia panel rib is covered by the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.