Lid hinge for a laundry treating appliance

• US 10,689,790 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2018
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Original Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Inventors: Allen, Ryan L., Bauman, Andria, Collene, James J., Oddo, James, Osler, Eric, Sir Louis, Nick, Thompson, Philip R., Viveiros, Igor
• Primary Examiner(s): Ing, Matthew W
• Application Number:
  US15/907,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20190264376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 23/04 and rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/14 Doors or covers; Securing means therefor

Abstract

A laundry treating appliance that has a shroud having an access opening, a lid for opening and closing the access opening, and a hinge mounted to the shroud. The hinge can have a housing that defines a channel and is received by an aperture in the shroud. The hinge can also have a bracket with a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened within the channel and the bracket can be received in the aperture in the shroud.

Claims

1. A laundry treating appliance comprising:

a shroud having an access opening;

a lid for opening and closing the access opening;

a hinge mounted to the shroud comprising;

a housing defining a channel and received by an aperture in the shroud;

the housing having a first end comprising a v-shaped mouth adapted to mate with the shroud; and

a bracket having a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened within the channel and the bracket received in the aperture in the shroud.

2. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the housing is defined by a first wall and a second wall, each of the first and second walls comprising v-shaped mouths for mating with the shroud.

3. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the v-shaped mouth slidably engages the shroud.

4. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the housing has a second end, spaced from the first end, and securely fastened to the shroud.

5. The laundry treating appliance of claim 4 further comprising a screw for securely fastening the second end of the housing to the shroud.

6. The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 further comprising a hook extending vertically from the housing.

7. The laundry treating appliance of claim 6 wherein the hook is received in a second aperture in the shroud.

8. The laundry treating appliance of claim 7 wherein the hook further comprises a neck that slidably engages in an elongated portion in the second aperture.

9. A hinge for mounting to a shroud on a laundry treating appliance comprising:

a housing defining a channel and configured to be received by an aperture in the shroud;

the housing having a first end comprising a v-shaped mouth adapted to mate with a shroud; and

a bracket having a first end and configured to be connected to a lid on the laundry treating appliance and a second end fastened within the channel and the bracket configured to be received in the aperture in the shroud.

10. The hinge of claim 9 wherein the housing is defined by a first wall and a second wall, each of the first and second walls comprising v-shaped mouths for mating with the shroud.

11. The hinge of claim 9 wherein the housing has a second end, spaced from the first end, and adapted to be securely fastened to the shroud.

12. The hinge of claim 11 further comprising a screw for securely fastening the second end of the housing to the shroud.

13. The hinge of claim 9 further comprising a hook extending vertically from the housing for inserting into a second aperture in the shroud.

14. A hinge for mounting to a shroud on a laundry treating appliance comprising:

a housing defining a channel and configured to be received by an aperture in the shroud;

wherein the housing is defined by a first wall and a second wall, each of the first and second walls comprising v-shaped mouths for mating with the shroud; and

a bracket having a first end and configured to be connected to a lid on the laundry treating appliance and a second end fastened within the channel and the bracket configured to be received in the aperture in the shroud.

15. The hinge of claim 14 wherein the housing has a first end comprising a v-shaped mouth adapted to mate with the shroud.

16. The hinge of claim 14 wherein the housing has a second end, spaced from the first end, and adapted to be securely fastened to the shroud.

17. The hinge of claim 16 further comprising a screw for securely fastening the second end of the housing to the shroud.

18. The hinge of claim 14 further comprising a hook extending vertically from the housing for inserting into a second aperture in the shroud.