US 11,940,202 B2
Appliances with releasable door hinges and tether systems
Elaine Marie Arens, Louisville, KY (US); Ronald Fernandez, Louisville, KY (US); and Bart Andrew Nuss, Fisherville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,618.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251018 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05D 7/12 (2006.01); E05D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05D 7/123 (2013.01); E05D 11/06 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/306 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A hinge for an appliance, the appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the appliance comprising a cabinet and a door, the hinge rotatably coupling the door to the cabinet, the hinge comprising:
a first hinge arm fixed to one of the door and the cabinet;
a second hinge arm pivotably joined with the first hinge arm; and
a carrier fixed to the other of the door and the cabinet, the second hinge arm releasably received in the carrier,
a tether cable extending between a first end and a second end, the first end of the tether cable fixed to the second hinge arm, the second end of the tether cable removably attached to a surface inside the appliance,
wherein the tether cable configured such that the door may be detachable from the cabinet when the second end of the tether cable becomes detached from the surface inside the appliance.