Patent ID: 11946186
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. An appliance, comprising:
a cabinet panel defining an aperture;
a tub disposed adjacent to the cabinet panel;
a door coupled to the cabinet panel and operable between an opened position and a closed position;
a bellows having an outer edge coupled to the cabinet panel and extending along a perimeter of the aperture and an interior edge coupled to the tub; and
a deflector having an outer portion directly coupled to the cabinet panel, wherein the deflector forms a stationary cantilevered extrusion extending from the cabinet panel, over the interior edge of the bellows, and into the tub with an interior portion that is free of direct attachment to the interior edge of the bellows and the tub, the deflector having an arcuate body that slopes downward from the cabinet panel and towards the interior edge of the bellows.