Removable bottom trim

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12007120-B2
Application number	US-202117555603-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2021
Priority date	Dec 20, 2021
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

An oven assembly includes a cooking chamber having a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall, and an access opening defined by an outer perimeter of the cooking chamber. A movable door operably is coupled with the oven assembly for selectively enclosing the cooking chamber about the outer edge of the cooking chamber. A removable bottom trim panel is disposed proximate a bottom edge of the outer perimeter and includes a tray body. A removable fastening mechanism is disposed on the tray body or the bottom edge and operably couples the tray body to the bottom edge, such that the removable fastening mechanism is adapted to removably attach the removable bottom trim panel to the bottom edge.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oven assembly comprising:
a cooking chamber having a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall, and an access opening defined by an outer perimeter of the cooking chamber;
a movable door operably coupled with the oven assembly for selectively enclosing the cooking chamber about the outer perimeter of the cooking chamber;
a removable bottom trim panel disposed proximate a bottom edge of the outer perimeter, the removable bottom trim panel comprising a tray body further comprising a flange being cantilevered with respect to, extending away from and disposed beneath the access opening and movable door; and
a removable fastening mechanism disposed on the tray body or the bottom edge and operably coupling the tray body to the bottom edge;
wherein the removable fastening mechanism is adapted to removably attach the removable bottom trim panel to the bottom edge.

2. The oven assembly of claim 1 , wherein the removable fastening mechanism comprises a plurality of hooks disposed on the removable bottom trim panel adapted to engage a plurality of apertures disposed on the bottom edge or a plurality of hooks disposed on the bottom edge adapted to engage a plurality of apertures on the removable bottom trim panel.

3. The oven assembly of claim 2 , wherein the bottom edge comprises the plurality of apertures horizontally arranged at separated intervals along the bottom edge and the removable fastening mechanism comprises the plurality of hooks arranged at separated intervals along a longitudinal edge of the tray body; and
wherein the plurality of apertures horizontally arranged at separated intervals are aligned with the plurality of hooks arranged at separated intervals along the longitudinal edge of the tray body.

4. The oven assembly of claim 1 , wherein the removable fastening mechanism comprises a plurality of offset tabs disposed on the removable bottom trim panel adapted to engage a plurality of apertures disposed on the bottom edge or a plurality of offset tabs disposed on the bottom edge adapted to engage a plurality of apertures on the removable bottom trim panel.

5. The oven assembly of claim 4 , further comprising a hook disposed on the removable bottom trim panel or the bottom edge.

6. The oven assembly of claim 5 , wherein the hook is disposed between the plurality of offset tabs.

7. The oven assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bottom edge comprises a plurality of apertures horizontally arranged at separated intervals along the bottom edge and the removable fastening mechanism comprises a plurality of offset tabs arranged at separated intervals along a longitudinal edge of the tray body; and
wherein the plurality of apertures horizontally arranged at separated intervals along the bottom edge are aligned with the plurality of offset tabs arranged at separated intervals along the longitudinal edge of the tray body.

8. The oven assembly of claim 7 , wherein the removable fastening mechanism further comprises a hook arranged along the longitudinal edge of the tray body and disposed between the plurality of offset tabs; and
wherein a one of the plurality of apertures horizontally arranged at separated intervals of the bottom edge aligns with the hook arranged along the longitudinal edge of the tray body.

9. The oven assembly of claim 1 , wherein the removable fastening mechanism comprises a plurality of aligned magnets arranged at separated intervals along the flange disposed along a longitudinal edge of the tray body or along the bottom edge.

10. The oven assembly of claim 9 , wherein the bottom edge comprises a front frame emboss disposed along the bottom edge and the plurality of magnets are arranged at separated intervals along the flange disposed along a longitudinal edge of the tray body; and
wherein the front frame emboss comprises a first side corner and a second side corner and one of the plurality of aligned magnets at a first side of the tray body is disposed to engage the first side corner and another of the plurality of aligned magnets at an opposite second side of the tray body is disposed to engage the second side corner.

11. The oven assembly of claim 10 , wherein the front frame emboss comprises a longitudinal recess defined by the first side corner and the second side corner and a trough extending between the first side corner and the second side corner; and
wherein the plurality of aligned magnets are disposed upon a bottom side of the flange disposed along the longitudinal edge of the tray body and extend into and are received within the longitudinal recess.

12. The oven assembly of claim 1 , wherein the removable fastening mechanism is disposed upon the flange; and
wherein the tray body comprises a front wall and a pair of opposed end walls, and the flange further comprises a pair of opposed side walls being received within, and the removable bottom trim panel being located by, a pair of opposed side edges of the outer perimeter of the cooking chamber.

13. A removable bottom trim panel for an oven assembly, wherein a bottom edge of an opening of a cooking chamber of the oven assembly is disposed proximate an oven door, the removable bottom trim panel comprising:
a tray body having a front wall, a pair of opposed end walls, and a flange having a pair of opposed side wall operably coupled with the tray body opposite the front wall, the flange being cantilevered with respect to, extending away from and disposed beneath the access opening and movable door, and parallel with a longitudinal length of the tray body; and
a removable fastening mechanism disposed on an interior edge of the flange and adapted to engage the bottom edge or disposed on the bottom edge and adapted to engage the flange.

14. The removable bottom trim panel for an oven assembly of claim 13 , wherein the removable fastening mechanism comprises a plurality of hooks disposed on the flange and adapted to engage a plurality of aligned apertures disposed on the bottom edge.

15. The removable bottom trim panel for an oven assembly of claim 13 , wherein the removable fastening mechanism further comprises a plurality of offset tabs disposed on the flange and adapted to engage a plurality of aligned apertures disposed on the bottom edge.

16. The removable bottom trim panel for an oven assembly of claim 15 , wherein the removable fastening mechanism further comprises a hook disposed between the plurality of offset tabs and adapted to engage a one of the plurality of aligned apertures disposed on the bottom edge.

17. The removable bottom trim panel for an oven assembly of claim 13 , wherein the removable fastening mechanism further comprises a plurality of magnets arranged at separated intervals along the flange and adapted to engage the bottom edge.

18. The removable bottom trim panel for an oven assembly of claim 17 , wherein the bottom edge further comprises a front frame emboss having a longitudinal recess defined by a first side corner and a second side corner and a trough extending between the first side corner and the second side corner; and
wherein the plurality of magnets are disposed upon a bottom side of the flange disposed along a longitudinal edge of the tray body and extend into and are received within the longitudinal recess.

19. An oven assembly comprising:
a cooking chamber having a bottom edge partially defining an opening of the cooking chamber;
a removable bottom trim panel disposed proximate the bottom edge, the bottom trim panel comprising a tray body having a front wall, a pair of oppo

Assignees

• Whirlpool Co

Inventors

• Bianchi Fabio
• Bressan Elisabetta

Classifications

• F24C15/007 Primary

  Removable panels · CPC title

• F24C15/08 Primary

  Foundations or supports plates; Legs or pillars; Casings; Wheels (tops, e.g. hot plates F24C15/10) · CPC title