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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Iftkhar Ahamad, Pune Maharashtra, IN;
Neyda Eliza Leon Lopez, Nuevo Leon, MX;
Raghavendran Prabhakaran, Pune, IN;
Suraj Dilip Shelar, Maharshtra, IN;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A hinge bracket to couple a hinge to a lid of a laundry appliance comprising: an elongated slot receiving a connector portion of a hinge; first fastener receivers extending from the elongated slot laterally inward toward a midline of a cabinet of the laundry appliance and configured to cooperate with fastener receivers of the hinge to receive fasteners that fasten the hinge to the hinge bracket; second fastener receivers on an opposite side of the hinge bracket as the first fastener receivers and configured to cooperate with the fastener receivers through a C-shaped lip of the lid to receive fasteners fastening the lid to the hinge bracket; and an indented portion formed laterally away from the elongated slot and facing the curved portion of the hinge. The laundry appliance can further include a hinge receiver to couple the hinge to a cabinet.