Patent ID: 11891746
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  E | IPC D  E

Claim 9:
10. A household appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining an interior and having a wall with an access opening;
a treating chamber located within the interior;
a lid assembly selectively closing the access opening and comprising:
a frame having a channel with a predetermined cross-sectional shape and a front and a rear connected by opposing sides to define a window opening, and having panel guides on the opposing sides and rear to define a panel slot facing the front;
a windowpane slidably received within the panel guides, through the panel slot, and in abutting contact with at least a portion of the panel guide on the rear;
at least one stop slidably mounted to the front and having a portion with a complementary cross-sectional shape to the channel, and the portion is slid into the channel in abutting contact with the windowpane to compressively retain the windowpane between the panel guide on the rear and the stop; and
a cover mounted to the frame and overlying the at least one stop.