Whirlpool Corporation

Michele Harpring Johnson

Patrick J Duffy

Paul Jordan Neuman

Ken E Johnson

John R McNally

Randall Vernen Crawford

Sarah Katherine Small

Gaston A Leoni

Alexandre Machado Bardal

Leonardo Portilho Soares

Fabio Bianchi

Alberto Castiglioni

Budda Govindarajulu Karthikeyan

A cooking appliance includes a cooktop and a burner mounted on the cooktop. At least one coupling member is coupled to the cooktop. A grate, a griddle, or a reversible griddle is selectively coupled to the at least one coupling member and is operable between a raised position and a lowered position when the grate, the griddle, or the reversible griddle, is engaged with the coupling member.

Cooktop with hinged grates

A rack system for a cooking appliance cavity includes a first support unit including a plurality of rack support bars and a first connecting member defining a body portion having the support bars coupled therewith, a first end with a first post and a first stepped segment between the first post and the body portion, and a second end with a second post and a second stepped segment between the second post and the body portion. The system further includes first and second mounting blocks, each defining a channel and a notch extending intersecting with the channel such that a first portion of the channel is open and a second portion of the channel is enclosed. The first and second posts are respectively received in the second portions of the channels of the first and second mounting blocks.

Oven rack system with removable support elements

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Michele Harpring Johnson