Patent ID: 11965771
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  F | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a cabinet defining an exterior configured for resting on a surface and an interior;
a plurality of mounting blocks disposed in respective locations along a bottom surface of the cabinet and each affixed to the cabinet by at least a first bolt extending through a first hole in the mounting block;
a plurality of feet coupled with the cabinet along the bottom surface thereof, each of the feet including a sleeve defining an upper surface, adjustably supporting a respective lower surface of the foot, and attached to the bottom surface of the cabinet by attachment with a respective one of the plurality of mounting blocks, each by at least a second bolt received in a second hole in the respective one of the plurality of mounting blocks, and configured to retain the sleeve with the mounting block such that the upper surface of the sleeve is in a fixed lateral and longitudinal position with respect to the bottom surface of the cabinet, while being slidably moveable toward and away from the bottom surface of the cabinet;
a plurality of load transducers respectively received within a portion of each of the plurality of mounting blocks and disposed between the cabinet and respective ones of the upper surface of a respective one of the sleeves associated with each of the feet, the fixed lateral and longitudinal position attachment of the sleeve to the respective mounting block maintaining the upper surface of the sleeve in alignment with the respective one of the plurality of load transducers such that the slidably moveable attachment allows respective portions of the gross weight of the cabinet to be applied to each of the plurality of load transducers when the refrigerator is supported on a surface by the feet; and
electronic circuitry including a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to receive a signal corresponding with the gross weight of the cabinet from the plurality of load transducers and to determine the quantity of articles retained within the interior of the cabinet.