Mounting bracket assembly for appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12064033-B2
Application number	US-202117353654-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2021
Priority date	Jun 21, 2021
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side. The assembly includes a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure on a ledge. The assembly also includes a cam rotatably mounted to the housing to rotatably engage a surface of the ledge to raise the appliance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mounting assembly for mounting an appliance to a wall comprising:
a first bracket having a wall-facing surface and an appliance-facing surface and at least one ledge protruding outwardly away from said wall-facing surface at a ledge angle;
an appliance having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear surface, side surfaces, and a front surface, wherein said rear surface further comprises a cam having a cam axis and an outer camming surface with increasing radius therealong, said cam rotatably coupled to rotate about said cam axis from a cam home position through a range of intermediate cam positions to a final cam position;
wherein said cam occupies said cam home position when said appliance is coupled to said first bracket by positioning said cam over top of said ledge, and wherein said earn occupies said final earn position after said cam has been rotated by a user a predetermined amount.

2. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein said rear surface further comprises a recess therein.

3. The mounting assembly of claim 2 , wherein said cam is coupled to said appliance within the confines of said recess.

4. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein said ledge angle is between approximately 15 degrees and approximately 75 degrees measured outwardly from said wall-facing surface.

5. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein said cam is coupled to a cam shaft extension that projects through an opening in said appliance.

6. The mounting assembly of claim 5 , wherein said cam shaft extension further comprises a tool engaging structure.

7. The mounting assembly of claim 6 , wherein said tool engaging structure receives a tool for imparting rotational movement to said cam shaft extension to rotate said cam between said home position and said final position.

8. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein when said appliance is coupled to said first bracket and said cam is in said cam home position, a gap exists between said top surface of said appliance and a bottom surface of an obstacle.

9. The mounting assembly of claim 8 , wherein as said cam is rotated from said cam home position to said final cam position, said gap distance decreases in size from said initial gap distance to a final gap distance.

10. The mounting assembly of claim 9 , wherein said initial gap final distance is approximately zero inches.

11. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a second bracket coupled to said rear surface of said appliance.

12. The mounting assembly of claim 11 , said second bracket further comprising a receiving opening therein to receive said ledge.

13. The mounting assembly of claim 12 , wherein said cam is rotatably coupled to said second bracket above said receiving opening.

14. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a wedge screw mechanism.

15. The mounting assembly of claim 14 , wherein said wedge screw mechanism further comprises a first wedge, a second wedge, and a bolt coupling said first wedge to said second wedge in Mineable engagement therebetween.

16. A method for installing an appliance on a wall beneath an obstacle, the appliance including an enclosure with a cooking cavity configured to receive food, wherein the enclosure includes at least a rear side and a top side, the method comprising:
installing a first bracket on a wall, wherein the first bracket has a ledge depending outwardly therefrom and includes a ledge support surface;
providing an appliance with a cam rotatably coupled thereto, wherein said cam further includes a camming surface having increasing radii therealong in a radial direction;
placing said appliance onto said first bracket by positioning said cam over said ledge;
allowing said appliance to move vertically downwardly until said cam rests said ledge support surface;
rotating said cam to bring said increasing radii of said camming surface into contact with said ledge support surface;
continuing to rotate said cam until a maximum radius of said camming surface is in contact with said ledge support surface.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the step of rotating said cam further includes coupling a tool to said cam to impart rotation.

Assignees

• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Trice Daniel J
• Langness Brian

Classifications

• A47B77/08

  for incorporating apparatus operated by power, including water power; for incorporating apparatus for cooking, cooling, or laundry purposes · CPC title

• F16M2200/027

  by friction · CPC title

• F16M2200/028

  by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections · CPC title

• F16M13/025

  Corner supports · CPC title

• F16M13/02

  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle · CPC title