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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2022
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Ivana Helena Grochowicz, Santa Catarina, BR;
Sergio Ricardo Jager, Rio Claro, BR;
Leonardo Poma, Saronno, IT;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A securement and release assembly for an appliance component including: (a) a platform to couple to an appliance cabinet, the platform including a track; (b) a push-push latch attached to the platform including a mating feature receiver; and (c) a locking member slidably coupled to the track including a mating feature engagable with the mating feature receiver of the push-push latch, wherein (i) the locking member slides along the track toward the mating feature receiver to transition from an unlatched state not latched within the mating feature receiver, to a latched state, wherein the mating feature is inserted into the mating feature receiver and latched therein, (ii) the locking member interactable with the appliance component to secure the component to the appliance when the locking member takes the latched state, and (iii) the component can be decoupled from the locking member when the locking member takes the unlatched state.