Whirlpool Corporation

Ryan L Allen

James J Collene

Andria R Bauman

Philip R Thompson

Eric Osler

Nick Sir Louis

James Oddo

Igor Viveiros

Kirk Dunsbergen

Paul E Brownie

Nicholas Schooley

Benjamin D Lowell

Charles J Guidarini

A hinge for a laundry treating appliance has a housing having a portion received by an aperture in the shroud. The housing also has a first end comprising a mouth adapted to couple with the shroud. The hinge further has a bracket that has a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened to the housing and the bracket is received in the aperture in the shroud.

Lid hinge for a laundry treating appliance

A laundry treating appliance with a shroud having an access opening, a lid for opening and closing the access opening and a hinge coupled to the shroud. The hinge has a housing having a portion received by an aperture in the shroud. The housing also has a first end comprising a mouth adapted to couple with the shroud. The hinge further has a bracket that has a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened to the housing and the bracket is received in the aperture in the shroud.

A method of securing a lid comprising a hinge to a laundry treating appliance. The laundry treating appliance has a shroud with an access opening. The hinge has a housing that defines a channel and the housing has a first end comprising a v-shaped mouth. The hinge further comprises a bracket that has a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened within the channel. The method comprises receiving the channel and the bracket into an aperture in the shroud and sliding the housing relative to the shroud to enable the v-shaped mouth to mate with the shroud.

A laundry treating appliance that has a shroud having an access opening, a lid for opening and closing the access opening, and a hinge mounted to the shroud. The hinge can have a housing that defines a channel and is received by an aperture in the shroud. The hinge can also have a bracket with a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened within the channel and the bracket can be received in the aperture in the shroud.

A vertical axis laundry treating appliance having a non-encapsulated lid comprising a single panel of glass that is able to pass the UL 746C ball drop test. Non-encapsulated glass lids according to embodiments of the disclosure simplify part and assembly complexity compared to encapsulated glass lids.

Laundry treating appliance with a non-encapsulated glass lid

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet and a top panel coupled to a top edge of the cabinet. A console shell is coupled to the top panel. The console shell defined left and right shoulders extending from the console shell towards a front of the cabinet. An edge-to-edge lid is coupled to the left and right shoulders via left and right wire hinges, respectively.

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Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Ryan L Allen