Supports: cabinet structure – Knockdown or setup type – Adjacent walls rigidly interlocked
Patent
1995-04-04
1997-11-11
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
Knockdown or setup type
Adjacent walls rigidly interlocked
3122655, 3122932, A47B 4700
Patent
active
056856237
ABSTRACT:
A top assembly for an appliance, such as a top loading clothes washer, includes a top support member. A top panel is attached to and positioned over the support member. The top panel terminates forward of the rear of the support member and includes a rear portion extending side to side of the support member. A control housing includes an assembly of a rear wall and end caps. The end caps are mounted on the support member and extend rearward of the rear portion of the top panel and the rear wall extends across the rear of the support member. The control housing also includes a control panel assembly mounted on the rear portion of the top panel and attached to the rear wall and end cap assembly.
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Calvert Scott Alan
Katz Jonathan Marc
Cuomo Peter M.
General Electric Company
Houser H. Neil
Wilkens Janet M.
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