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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Kamil El-Sayed, Wroclaw, PL;
Abhay Naik, Stevensville, MI (US);
Chad Rotter, Saugatuck, MI (US);
Bartosz Stawczyk, Wroclaw, PL;
Karol Michal Kostka, Wroclaw, PL;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A vacuum insulated appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner. A ladder rack is coupled to the inner liner. The ladder rack includes first and second sidewalls coupled together by a connecting wall that defines a plurality of apertures. An adapter member includes a hook configured to extend through an aperture of the plurality of apertures when coupled to the ladder rack. The adapter member is coupled with a locking member that engages inner surface of first and second sidewalls of the ladder rack. A cantilever support is coupled to the adapter member and extends outward from the ladder rack. A rail assembly is coupled to an upper surface of the cantilever support. A spacer is coupled to an end of the cantilever support and abuts an inner liner surface. A storage feature is coupled to the rail assembly and is operable between stowed and deployed positions.