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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Ryan L. Allen, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Andria Bauman, Stevensville, MI (US);
James J. Collene, Bucyrus, OH (US);
James Oddo, Fremont, OH (US);
Eric Osler, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Nick Sir Louis, Seville, OH (US);
Philip R. Thompson, Alvada, OH (US);
Igor Viveiros, Limeira, BR;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
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.