US 11,864,296 B2
Mounting arrangement for over-the-range cooking appliance
Eric Scalf, Louisville, KY (US); Brian Langness, Shelbyville, KY (US); Daniel J. Trice, Louisville, KY (US); Guo Jun Zhang, Louisville, KY (US); and Jared Speichinger, Ballwin, MO (US)
Assigned to MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan (CN)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/089,196.
Prior Publication US 2022/0141927 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A21B 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 6/64 (2006.01); A47B 77/08 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/6429 (2013.01) [A47B 77/08 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An over-the-range cooking appliance configured for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, the over-the-range cooking appliance comprising:
an enclosure including a cooking cavity configured to receive food, wherein the enclosure includes at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side;
a wall bracket configured to be secured to a wall disposed proximate to the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure proximate a bottom of the rear-facing side of the enclosure; and
a cabinet bracket configured to support the enclosure from the underside of the wall cabinet, the cabinet bracket including first and second cooperating latch members, the first cooperating latch member mounted on the underside of the wall cabinet and the second cooperating latch member mounted on the top-facing side of the enclosure, wherein the first and second cooperating latch members are respectively configured to latch to one another when the enclosure is supported on the wall bracket proximate the bottom of the rear-facing side thereof and tilted upwardly to inhibit downward tilting of the enclosure after the first and second cooperating latch members are latched to one another.