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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig H Becker, Fond-Du-Lac, WI (US);
Bradley B Hobday, Goldsboro, NC (US);
Jim Fourney, LaGrange, NC (US);
Assignee:
White Consolidated Industries, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
312278 ; 312228 ; 312311 ;
Abstract
The toespace below the door of a front-loading dishwasher is closed off from the under-tub space inside the dishwasher assembly by a combined toeplate-and-access-panel member which also closes off the door-bottom-receiving recess above the toespace; in installed condition, the combined member is anchored at its top edge by cooperating projecting and receptor elements associated respectively with the tub bottom and the top edge of the combined member.