Whirlpool Corporation

Thomas Walker Faussett

Patrick J Duffy

Nicholas E Righetti

Paul Jordan Neuman

Binesh Raj Pillai

Sarah Katherine Small

Edward Benjamin Standen

A cooking appliance includes a body and a cooktop disposed on the body. A plurality of gas burner assemblies is operably coupled to the cooktop. A first frame member is coupled to a first side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of a sump defined by the cooktop. A second frame member is coupled to a second side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop. A bracket is coupled to the first and second frame members. The bracket extends along a portion of a perimeter of the cooktop between the first and second frame members. The bracket defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop.

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Thomas Walker Faussett