US 12,007,120 B2
Removable bottom trim
Fabio Bianchi, Ranco (IT); and Elisabetta Bressan, Varese (IT)
Assigned to WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,603.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194102 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. F24C 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 15/007 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oven assembly comprising:
a cooking chamber having a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall, and an access opening defined by an outer perimeter of the cooking chamber;
a movable door operably coupled with the oven assembly for selectively enclosing the cooking chamber about the outer perimeter of the cooking chamber;
a removable bottom trim panel disposed proximate a bottom edge of the outer perimeter, the removable bottom trim panel comprising a tray body further comprising a flange being cantilevered with respect to, extending away from and disposed beneath the access opening and movable door; and
a removable fastening mechanism disposed on the tray body or the bottom edge and operably coupling the tray body to the bottom edge;
wherein the removable fastening mechanism is adapted to removably attach the removable bottom trim panel to the bottom edge.