Trim assembly for an appliance shelf

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11779113-B2
Application number	US-202117473122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2021
Priority date	Apr 15, 2019
Publication date	Oct 10, 2023
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023

Abstract

An appliance includes a cabinet that has an inner surface. A frame is coupled to the inner surface of the cabinet. The frame includes a frame boss that extends from a bottom surface thereof. A panel is positioned within the frame. The frame extends along a perimeter of the panel. An inner trim member has a flange that extends therefrom. The flange defines an aperture configured to align with the frame boss. A fastener is configured to extend through the aperture and engage the frame boss to couple the inner trim member with the frame. An outer trim member is disposed over the inner trim member. The inner trim member is configured to slidably receive the outer trim member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An appliance shelf assembly, comprising:
a panel;
a frame coupled to at least one edge of the panel, wherein the frame includes a tab defining a receiving hole and a frame boss; and
a trim assembly coupled to the frame, wherein the trim assembly includes:
an inner trim member having a flange and a trim boss, wherein the flange defines an aperture that is configured to align with the frame boss to receive a first fastener, and wherein the trim boss is configured to align with the receiving hole of the tab to receive a second fastener; and
an outer trim member slidably engaged with the inner trim member.

2. The appliance shelf assembly of claim 1 , wherein the frame boss extends from a bottom surface of the frame to engage the flange.

3. The appliance shelf assembly of claim 1 , wherein the frame boss is defined in the frame, and wherein the frame defines a cavity to receive the flange to align the flange with the frame boss.

4. The appliance shelf assembly of claim 1 , wherein the outer trim member extends along an outer surface and a portion of an interior surface of the inner trim member.

5. The appliance shelf assembly of claim 1 , wherein the outer trim member defines a notch to receive a locking feature of the inner trim member.

6. The appliance shelf assembly of claim 1 , wherein the frame extends along each edge of the panel, and wherein the trim assembly extends along a front edge of the frame.

7. The appliance shelf assembly of claim 1 , wherein a bottom edge of the inner trim member is tapered and a lower edge of the outer trim member is tapered.

8. A shelf assembly for an appliance, comprising:
a panel having a first edge;
a frame extending along at least the first edge, wherein the frame defines a first cutout and a second cutout spaced-apart from one another, wherein the frame includes a frame boss and a tab;
an inner trim member coupled to the frame, wherein the inner trim member includes a flange configured to extend through the first cutout to engage the frame boss and a trim boss configured to extend through the second cutout to engage the tab; and
an outer trim member configured to be slidably received by the inner trim member.

9. The shelf assembly of claim 8 , wherein the frame boss extends from a bottom surface of the frame proximate the first cutout.

10. The shelf assembly of claim 8 , wherein the flange defines an aperture configured to align with the frame boss to receive a fastener.

11. The shelf assembly of claim 8 , wherein the tab extends from a bottom surface of the frame proximate the second cutout.

12. The shelf assembly of claim 8 , wherein the tab defines a receiving hole configured to align with the trim boss to receive a fastener.

13. The shelf assembly of claim 8 , wherein the outer trim member defines an upper channel and a lower groove, and wherein the inner trim member is configured to slidably engage the upper channel and the lower groove.

14. The shelf assembly of claim 8 , further comprising:
a first fastener engaged with the flange; and
a second fastener engaged with the trim boss, wherein the first fastener is disposed in a first direction and the second fastener is disposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Assignees

• Whirlpool Co

Inventors

• Chavan Pratik P
• Kumar Shrawan
• Karan Pranav

Classifications

• A47B96/021 Primary

  Structural features of shelf bases · CPC title

• F25D25/02

  by shelves · CPC title

• F25D2400/18

  Aesthetic features · CPC title

• A47B96/02 Primary

  Shelves (movable shelves coupled to doors A47B96/16) · CPC title

• A47F3/0486

  for charging, displaying or discharging the articles · CPC title