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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 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 laundry treating appliance with a shroud having an access opening, a lid for opening and closing the access opening and a hinge coupled to the shroud. The hinge has a housing having a portion received by an aperture in the shroud. The housing also has a first end comprising a mouth adapted to couple with the shroud. The hinge further has a bracket that has a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened to the housing and the bracket is received in the aperture in the shroud.