US 12,351,973 B2
Door assembly for a laundry treating appliance
Snehal S. Bhandare, Maharashtra (IN); Yogesh Dhanabalan Chandrasekaran, Pune (IN); Jose Aldo Ramirez, Monterrey (MX); and Scott T. Thalls, Stevensville, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,477.
Application 17/402,888 is a division of application No. 16/137,093, filed on Sep. 20, 2018, granted, now 11,118,295, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Application 18/615,477 is a continuation of application No. 17/402,888, filed on Aug. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,959,220.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/587,078, filed on Nov. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0229340 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 3/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/00 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 101/00 (2020.01); D06F 105/60 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/14 (2013.01) [D06F 33/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 2101/00 (2020.02); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A door assembly comprising:
an intermediate door having a front surface and a rear surface and defining an opening, the intermediate door having a cover hook opening;
a door cover adjacent the front surface of the intermediate door, the door cover having a door hook engaging the cover hook opening;
a rear door adjacent the rear surface of the intermediate door;
a trim element provided about at least a periphery of the intermediate door;
a post provided on one of the intermediate door or the trim element; and
a receiving opening provided on an other of the intermediate door or the trim element, the post being received within the receiving opening.