- Patent Title: Various hinge brackets and a hinge receiver for a laundry appliance
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Application No.: US17387331Application Date: 2021-07-28
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Publication No.: US11459695B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Iftkhar Ahamad , Neyda Eliza Leon Lopez , Raghavendran Prabhakaran , Suraj Dilip Shelar
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Main IPC: D06F39/14
- IPC: D06F39/14 ; E05D1/04 ; D06F37/28

Abstract:
A hinge bracket to couple a hinge to a lid of a laundry appliance comprising: an elongated slot receiving a connector portion of a hinge; first fastener receivers extending from the elongated slot laterally inward toward a midline of a cabinet of the laundry appliance and configured to cooperate with fastener receivers of the hinge to receive fasteners that fasten the hinge to the hinge bracket; second fastener receivers on an opposite side of the hinge bracket as the first fastener receivers and configured to cooperate with the fastener receivers through a C-shaped lip of the lid to receive fasteners fastening the lid to the hinge bracket; and an indented portion formed laterally away from the elongated slot and facing the curved portion of the hinge. The laundry appliance can further include a hinge receiver to couple the hinge to a cabinet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210355625A1 VARIOUS HINGE BRACKETS AND A HINGE RECEIVER FOR A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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