Patent ID: 11970813
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  F | IPC D  F

Claim 0:
1. A laundry appliance, comprising:
an appliance housing:
a wash unit tub disposed inside said appliance housing, said wash unit tub including a tub sidewell;
a drum rotatbly supported within said wash unit tub for rotation about a drum axis, said drum including a laundry compartment;
a wash water dispenser hose with a dispenser hose inlet and a dispenser hose outlet;
a mating interface assembly connecting said dispenser hose outlet to said tub sidewall; and
said mating interface assembly including a tub port opening that extends through said tub sidewall and a tub port adapter that extends circumferentially about said tub port opening in said tub sidewall and provides a mechanical connection with said dispenser hose outlet,
wherein said wash unit tub includes at least one suspension support bracket that extends along and runs parallel to said tub sidewall and that is fixed to said tub sidewall, wherein said suspension support bracket includes a dispenser hose cut-out, wherein said dispenser hose includes a dispenser hose flange adjacent to said dispenser hose outlet that is received in said dispenser hose cut-out, and wherein said tub port adapter engages said suspension support bracket that said dispenser hose flange is clamped between said tub port adapter and said tub sidewall.