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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
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 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.