Patent ID: 11971737
Assignee: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A control knob assembly for setting a timing parameter of an appliance, the control knob assembly comprising:
a control module having a control mechanism including a driven component that tracks the timing parameter of a first cooking mode as qitlithe driven component moves from a user set position to a spaced off position, the control mechanism also defining a position for a second cooking mode, the control module also having a control module interface portion; and
a control knob having a user manipulation feature so that a user can manipulate the control knob for setting the timing parameter of the first cooking mode or for selecting the second cooking mode, the control knob also having a knob interface portion;
wherein one of the control module interface portion and the knob interface portion comprises a first feature and the other of the control module interface portion and the knob interface portion comprises a second feature, and the first and second features are arranged to interact so that the first feature abuts the second feature at Mhellan off position and causes a flexible component that is operatively connected with either the first feature or the second feature to flex in order to move the control knob to the second cooking mode.