US 12,446,120 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 Dec. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/400,809.
Application 18/400,809 is a continuation of application No. 17/089,196, filed on Nov. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,864,296.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147584 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H05B 6/80 (2006.01); A47B 77/08 (2006.01); H05B 6/64 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/6429 (2013.01) [A47B 77/08 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kit for installing an over-the-range cooking appliance to an underside of a wall cabinet, the over-the-range cooking appliance including an enclosure with a cooking cavity configured to receive food, wherein the enclosure includes at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side, the kit comprising:
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;
wherein a first cooperating latch member of the cabinet bracket is mounted on the underside of the wall cabinet and is configured to engage a second cooperating latching member secured to the cooking appliance 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; and
wherein the second cooperating latch member engages the first cooperating latch member along a perpendicular axis of the first cooperating latch member.