Whirlpool Corporation

Ivana Helena Grochowicz

Sergio Ricardo Jager

Eber Elias Mendes De Oliveira

Pedro Augusto Barbosa Santos

Maiara Pereira Westarb

Lucas Borba De Melo

A securement and release assembly for an appliance component including: (a) a platform to couple to an appliance cabinet, the platform including a track; (b) a push-push latch attached to the platform including a mating feature receiver; and (c) a locking member slidably coupled to the track including a mating feature engagable with the mating feature receiver of the push-push latch, wherein (i) the locking member slides along the track toward the mating feature receiver to transition from an unlatched state not latched within the mating feature receiver, to a latched state, wherein the mating feature is inserted into the mating feature receiver and latched therein, (ii) the locking member interactable with the appliance component to secure the component to the appliance when the locking member takes the latched state, and (iii) the component can be decoupled from the locking member when the locking member takes the unlatched state.

Securement and release assembly for a component of an appliance, appliance including the same and oven including the same for a refillable water reservoir for use with steam cooking

A heating surface is rotatably coupled to an appliance such that it can be rotated between a use position and a stored position. The heating surface includes a grease container that collects grease and other material from the cooking surface. When the heating surface is in a use position, it is positioned above one or more heating elements on the appliance. When the heating surface is in a stored position, it is positioned behind the main body of the appliance.

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Santa Catarina, Brazil

Ivana Helena Grochowicz