US 11,953,258 B2
Side access panel for an appliance
Koteswara Rao Gochika, Pune (IN); Narendra A. Kapure, Pune (IN); Manjunathraddi Navalgund, Pune (IN); and Manoj T. Sambrekar, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,930.
Application 18/108,930 is a continuation of application No. 17/480,632, filed on Sep. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,578,908.
Application 17/480,632 is a continuation of application No. 16/729,832, filed on Dec. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,156,396, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194145 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/006 (2013.01) [F25D 23/025 (2013.01); F25D 23/062 (2013.01); F25D 2201/14 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerating appliance, comprising:
a refrigerating cabinet having an outer wrapper;
a machine compartment disposed proximate a rear bottom of the refrigerating cabinet, the machine compartment defined by selectively removable side panels, an inner curved surface of the outer wrapper, and a bottom support plate;
a controller disposed within the machine compartment;
reinforcement segments extending from a planar extent of the outer wrapper to a lip of the bottom support plate; and
an independent lattice structure adjacent an interior surface of at least one of the selectively removable side panels.