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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1976
William Andrew Jackson, Hartford, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A drier appliance having a cabinet provided with a plurality of outer panels cooperatively defining a vertical slit and an inwardly projecting flange at the top of the slit. A mounting structure is provided for supporting an upright member arranged for removably carrying a hanger. The mounting member includes a carrier arranged for removably carrying the upright member, and a thin wall extending from the carrier and defining a returned hook portion constructed to be passed through the slit to hook onto the cabinet flange for supporting the carrier on the cabinet. A stabilizing structure may be provided on the carrier for stabilizing the carrier on the cabinet. The stabilizing structure may be formed as a second thin wall on the carrier spaced from the first thin wall and adapted to be received in the cabinet slit. Locking structure may be provided on the thin walls for releasably locking the thin walls to the cabinet portions defining the slit.