Patent ID: 11892231
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 5:
6. A storage assembly for a consumer appliance, the storage assembly defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the storage assembly comprising:
a mounting bracket;
a first mounting tab and a second mounting tab extending in the transverse direction from a first end of the mounting bracket, wherein the first mounting tab and the second mounting tab are configured to be inserted into a mounting track disposed within the consumer appliance; and
a storage receptacle which is supported at a second end of the mounting bracket, wherein the storage receptacle further comprises a cavity frame including a bottom portion attached to a rear plate, said bottom portion extending from the rear plate to a front portion of cavity frame in the transverse direction, wherein said bottom portion has a downward slope toward or away from rear plate;
a bracket base attached to the mounting bracket;
a hinge pin attached to the bracket base, wherein the hinge pin is disposed within the hinge collar such that hinge collar can rotate about an axis extending through a center of hinge pin in the vertical direction;
a hinge collar attached to a rear surface of the rear plate; and
a latch mechanism which selectively engages, at least one of, the rear plate, the hinge pin, and the hinge collar to prevent hinge collar from rotating relative to hinge pin.