Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Ajay Kumar Kommagalla

Venkata Chakradhar Rangu

Neelapala Gopinath Yadav

Veera Venkata Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy

Kalyana Mallavarapu

Srikanth Gopireddy

Ravikumar Anburaj

Pavan Kumar Madeti

Jebasingh Sreevidhas

Sushant Maruti Bhogulkar

A shipping spacer assembly is configured to be removably attached to a wash tub of a washing machine for fixing a distance between a wash tub and a cabinet of a washing machine appliance in an installed position. The shipping spacer assembly includes a bolt, a cord retention mechanism, and a grommet. The bolt includes a shaft extending along an axial direction, a head located at one end of the shaft, and a threaded portion located opposite the head in the axial direction. The cord retention mechanism is configured for receipt of a power cord. The cord retention mechanism is positioned between the head of the bolt and the rear panel in the installed position. The grommet defines a grommet cavity. The shaft is removably positioned through the grommet cavity.

Shipping spacer assembly for washing machines

A washing appliance with an agitator post configured for removable positioning in a receptacle. An actuator is used to selectively control the position of a shaft to as to provide for releasably locking the agitator post into position. A detent is positioned at the receptacle and can be configured for removable receipt of the downward end of the shaft when the bottom end of the agitator post is positioned in the receptacle.

Washer appliance having removable agitator post with locking features

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Hyderabad Telangana, India

Ajay Kumar Kommagalla