Maytag Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation

Gary B Jackovin

T Brent Freese

Inho Andy Shin

Todd J Tunzi

Xiaojian James Chen

James R Braunschweig

Issac P Sargunam

Troy A Johnson

Dustin L Hawkins

Joel L Herr

Scott A Merkle

Nedra A Herr

Robert L Deatherage

Isaac P Sargunam

J Christopher Millet

Ronald W Miksa

Kevin D Kinch

William J Swartz

Scott J Bowie

Lynn E Kiefer

William K Szaroletta

A bottom-mount refrigerator provides additional storage capacity by mounting a refrigeration component, for example a compressor, behind a full-width freezer drawer arranged between an upper fresh food compartment and a lower freezer compartment. In this manner, the freezer compartment is not required to be shortened or otherwise re-shaped to accommodate the refrigeration component. The refrigerator also includes an automatic ice maker mounted above the freezer drawer. The ice maker is positioned above the freezer drawer at a rearward position that accommodates structure present in the fresh food compartment. Specifically, a bi-level bin is slidably mounted in the fresh food compartment. The bin includes a deep portion that joins a shallow portion through a step section. The ice maker is mounted rearward of the step section to allow the bin to be removed from the fresh food compartment.

Ice storage drawer for a bottom mount refrigerator

An oven rack for supporting food items to be cooked in a oven cavity of an appliance includes a frame portion and a support platform defined by a plurality of support members that establish a food item support zone and a food item access zone. The plurality of support members include substantially straight support members and offset or shaped support members. The offset support members, in combination with a vertically offset section of the frame portion, define the food item access zone which is vertically offset from the food item support zone so as to enable a consumer to access a bottom portion of a food item resting on the rack.

Oven rack

Air circulation vent cover

Backguard/control panel for a cooking appliance

Door bin for a refrigerator

Cooking griddle

Door handle for an appliance

Control knob for an appliance

Rotary control knob for an appliance

A hose retainer is provided to maintain a hose in a gooseneck shape. The retainer includes opposite rings which retentively engage portions of the hose adjacent the gooseneck. The retainer is molded or stamped from plastic so as to have a flat one-piece construction. A tab is provided on the retainer and is adapted to be received in a slot on the back of a washing machine to hold the hose close to the machine during shipping and storage.

Hose retainer

Side-by-side refrigerator

A side-by-side refrigerator includes fresh food and freezer compartments each having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the fresh food compartment is wider at an upper portion than at a lower portion thereof and the freezer compartment is wider at a lower portion than at an upper portion, while the overall cabinet width of the refrigerator does not deviate from that of a conventional side-by-side refrigerator arrangement. Due to the interior size alterations, the fresh food and freezer doors of the side-by-side refrigerator are correspondingly configured and a mullion dividing the two refrigerator compartments extends in laterally offset vertical planes. An ice and/or water dispenser can be provided, such as in the freezer door or fixed relative to the fresh food and freezer doors in a central zone which is arranged vertically and laterally between portions of the doors.

Refrigerator with varying width fresh food and freezer compartments

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Ankeny, IA, United States of America

Gary B Jackovin