Patent ID: 11873600
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 17:
18. A washer tub assembly, comprising:
a washer tub with a mounting post extending radially from a cylindrical wall of the washer tub;
a basket mounted inside the washer tub;
a tub cover coupled to the washer tub at a top portion of the washer tub over the basket, the tub cover comprising a mounting loop defining an opening, the mounting post of the washer tub received within the mounting loop of the tub cover in order to couple the tub cover to the washer tub, the coupling of the mounting loop and the mounting post defining a fit-clearance;
a slot defined by the tub cover, a rim of the washer tub disposed within the slot; and
a protrusion disposed in the slot of the tub cover, the rim of the washer tub disposed within the slot; the protrusion configured to deform one or both of the washer tub and the tub cover along the vertical direction such that opposing surfaces of the mounting post and the mounting loop contact each other,
wherein a vertical length of the protrusion, is no less than two millimeters (2 mm) and no greater than ten millimeters (10 mm), a circumferential width of the protrusion is no less than five millimeters (5 mm) and no greater than twenty-five millimeters (25 mm), and a radial depth of the protrusion is no less than one millimeter (1 mm) and no greater than four millimeters (4 mm).