Acoustic insulation blanket for dishwashers

• US 20060037630A1
• Filed: 08/03/2005
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John P. Field, Michael Mccarthy, Rowland Griffin
• Original Assignee: John P. Field, Michael Mccarthy, Rowland Griffin
• Inventors: Griffin, Rowland, McCarthy, Michael, Field, John P.
• Application Number:
  US11/196,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20060037630A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 134/42
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4209 Insulation arrangements, e.g. for sound damping or heat insulation

Abstract

An acoustic insulation blanket for a dishwasher has a head portion, a pair of wing portions, one on either side of the head portion, and a tail portion defined by V-shaped notches cut from the wing portions, the head portion being shaped to cover a top surface of the dishwasher, the tail portion being adapted to cover a portion of the rear surface of the dishwasher, and the wing portions being adapted to cover the right and left sides of the dishwasher and having wing tips adapted to be folded around the rear edges of the dishwasher and to be overlapped on the rear surface of the dishwasher.

Claims

1. An acoustic insulation blanket for a dishwasher, said blanket comprising

a head portion,

a pair of wing portions, one on either side of the head portion, and

a tail portion defined by V-shaped notches cut from said wing portions,

the head portion being shaped to cover a top surface of the dishwasher,

the tail portion being adapted to cover a portion of the rear surface of the dishwasher, and

the wing portions being adapted to cover the right and left sides of the dishwasher and having wing tips adapted to be folded around the rear edges of the dishwasher and to be overlapped on the rear surface of the dishwasher.

2. The acoustic insulating blanket for a dishwasher as claimed in claim 1, wherein the head portion has a plurality of apertures adapted to receive tabs extending from the dishwasher to hold the head portion in place during installation.

3. The of claim 1, wherein each wing portion has a leading edge which is swept backward at an angle of about 15°

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4. A method of covering a dishwasher with a single piece of insulation having a head portion, a pair of wing portions and a tail portion, said method comprising steps of

placing the head portion of the blanket on the top surface of the dishwasher so that the tail portion extends towards the rear of the dishwasher,

folding the tail portion down over the rear surface of the dishwasher, then

folding each wing portion down over the top edge of the dishwasher so as to cover the respective side of the dishwasher and then folding the tips of the wings and rear edges of the dishwasher and overlapping the rear wing tips and tail on the back surface of the dishwasher.