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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Suad Elkasevic, Winterville, NC (US);
Joseph Geiger, Trent Woods, NC (US);
Charles Weimer, New Bern, NC (US);
Philipp Wieser, Piding Bayern, DE;
Suad Elkasevic, Winterville, NC (US);
Joseph Geiger, Trent Woods, NC (US);
Charles Weimer, New Bern, NC (US);
Philipp Wieser, Piding Bayern, DE;
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A hinge system for mounting a door to an appliance has an upper hinge bracket having an upper hinge swing element configured to engage a door upper swing element fixed to the door, the engagement of the upper hinge swing element and the door upper swing element allowing the door to swing about a vertical axis between an open position and a closed position, and an upper hinge pivot limiting element configured to engage a frame pivot limiting element fixed to the appliance; a lower hinge bracket having a lower hinge swing element configured to engage a door lower swing element, and a system pivot element configured to engage a frame pivot element such that the upper hinge bracket, the lower hinge bracket, and the door are pivotable about a horizontal axis as a unit relative to the appliance while still being attached to the appliance.