Patent · US Active

Handle tray for fascia panel of an appliance

US9803389B2 · kind B2 · utility

5Cited by

13References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignees

BSH Home Appliances Corporation · US
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Mia Criner · New Bern, US
David Hite · New Bern, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 6, 2015
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25D23/028
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A domestic appliance for treating items may include a cabinet having a plurality of walls at least partly defining an interior chamber for treating items; a door assembly to enclose the interior chamber; a fascia panel attached to the door assembly, the fascia panel having a handle shell that at least partly defines a handle recess on the fascia panel, and the fascia panel having at least one fascia panel rib formed on an interior surface of the fascia panel opposite the handle shell; a handle tray having a main body and at least one finger extending from the main body, the at least one finger structured to be positioned adjacent to the at least one fascia panel rib.

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