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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Daniel Chow, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Wesley Mendez, Monterrey, MX;
Sergio Moreno, Apodaca, MX;
Fabian Taboada, Monterrey, MX;
Jason W. Tippetts, Stevensville, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A modular component fixing system for an appliance including a refrigerating appliance having an inner liner defining a plurality of modular attachment slots, each having an upturned flange defining an angular recess. Each modular attachment slots includes a downwardly angled channel in communication with the angular recess. Each of a plurality of modular components includes an abutment surface and a supporting flange extending from the abutment surface at a predetermined angle, the predetermined angle of the supporting flange being substantially similar to a recess angle define by the angular recess, wherein each modular component is configured to be removably engaged with any one of the plurality of modular attachment slots by inserting the supporting flange into a corresponding angular recess of the one of the plurality of modular attachment slots such that the abutment surface is substantially flush with an interior surface of the inner liner.