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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Bradley Duane Ford, Jr., Vine Grove, KY (US);
Justin Tyler Brown, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4293 (2013.01); A47L 15/4257 (2013.01); A47L 15/4274 (2013.01); F21V 33/0044 (2013.01); A47L 2501/26 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
A door assembly for an appliance includes an inner door, an outer door, and a lighting assembly positioned therebetween for illuminating a status indicator mounted on the outer door. The lighting assembly may include a mounting flange and a spring-loaded lighting board that engages an alignment feature mounted on the outer door when the door assembly is assembled, thereby aligning the light sources on the lighting board with the status indicator.