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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2019
Bsh Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Ben Braden, Lafollette, TN (US);
Josiah Fronckowiak, LaFollette, TN (US);
Ian McIver, Knoxville, TN (US);
Shaun Phillips, Jacksboro, TN (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A domestic appliance may include: a shell; a door coupled to the shell; a treatment compartment defined at least in part by the shell and the door; a panel configured to enclose at least a portion of a cavity below the treatment compartment; an articulation arrangement coupled to the shell and configured to allow the panel to move from a closed and locked vertical position to an unlocked and open non-vertical position whilst being coupled to the shell; and a locking mechanism configured to selectively lock the panel in the vertical position. The articulation arrangement may include a first linear slot and a second slot including a linear portion and a curved portion extending from one end of the linear portion, the first linear slot engaging a first pin and the second slot engaging a second pin.