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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2024
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Jordan Kyle Weidner, Louisville, KY (US);
Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Louisville, KY (US);
Gary Bundy, Louisville, KY (US);
Christopher Gene Vowels, County's Creek, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A door assembly for a laundry appliance, the laundry appliance including a tub positioned within a cabinet and a basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a chamber for receiving of a load of clothes. The door assembly includes an outer door frame defining a frame pin that extends from an inner surface of the outer door frame, a reinforcement bracket positioned on the inner surface of the door assembly, the reinforcement bracket defining a frame pin aperture and a hinge bracket pin aperture, wherein the frame pin aperture is elongated along the lateral direction and configured to receive the frame pin, and a hinge bracket defining a hinge bracket aperture configured to receive the frame pin of the outer door frame and a hinge bracket pin configured for receipt within the hinge bracket pin aperture.