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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Narendra A. Kapure, Pune, IN;
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for assembling a bezel unit with a base unit installed in an article includes inserting a foot of a first attachment leg extending from a first position on the bezel unit into a first receiving cavity including by movement of the bezel unit in a first direction and moving the bezel unit in a second direction normal to the first direction. Moving the bezel in the second direction causes mutual engagement between an exterior profile of the foot with an inside profile of the cavity, both the exterior profile of the foot and the inside profile of the cavity tapering inwardly in the second direction. The mutual engagement between the first exterior profile and the inside profile aligns the bezel unit with the base unit with respect to the first and second planes.