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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Bsh Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
John Freeman, Knoxville, TN (US);
Samuel Harward, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jeremiah Nash, Knox, TN (US);
Michael Rutherford, Duff, TN (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A home appliance defining a width direction and a depth direction, and a control panel extending along the width direction, the control panel having control element components mounted thereat, the home appliance including a chassis within the body adjacent the control panel; first and second spaced brackets mounted to the chassis adjacent the control panel, with fastener portions aligned in the depth direction; and a cross member extending in the width direction between the first bracket and the second bracket with control elements intermediate the cross member and the chassis, the cross member having a fastener portion at each widthwise end thereof and aligned in the depth direction, the cross member being mounted to the first bracket using fasteners aligned in the depth direction, and the second bracket using fasteners aligned in the depth direction, wherein the fasteners are removable from the depth direction.