System for slidably coupling consumer electronic devices to an appliance
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1. A device for mounting to an appliance having a cabinet defining an interior and having an open face providing access to the interior, a door mounted to the cabinet selectively closing the open face, a vertical exterior surface on one of the cabinet and the door and having at least two parallel elongated interfaces communicating at least one service, the device having:
- a forward face,a rearward face opposite the forward face,a first electrical functionality on the forward face; and
at least two spaced apart device interfaces provided on the rearward face, each of the spaced apart device interfaces slidably engaging one of the parallel elongated interfaces to move the device along the exterior surface of the appliance to selectively place the device in a plurality of discrete locations along the elongated interfaces to communicate the at least one service when the device is mounted to the exterior surface.
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Abstract
A system of an appliance host with at least a pair of generally parallel elongated interface structures cooperatively defining alternative pairs of locations for removably coupling a portable device to the outer wall and a potable device for use with the appliance. The interface structures may be rails, slots or elongated electrical connectors.
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1. A device for mounting to an appliance having a cabinet defining an interior and having an open face providing access to the interior, a door mounted to the cabinet selectively closing the open face, a vertical exterior surface on one of the cabinet and the door and having at least two parallel elongated interfaces communicating at least one service, the device having:
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a forward face, a rearward face opposite the forward face, a first electrical functionality on the forward face; and at least two spaced apart device interfaces provided on the rearward face, each of the spaced apart device interfaces slidably engaging one of the parallel elongated interfaces to move the device along the exterior surface of the appliance to selectively place the device in a plurality of discrete locations along the elongated interfaces to communicate the at least one service when the device is mounted to the exterior surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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