Patent ID: 9057525
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A home appliance having an oven with a bake element, the home appliance comprising: an appliance body; an oven cavity defined within the appliance body; a bake element operationally associated within the oven cavity; a bake element retainer supporting the bake element and mounted adjacent the oven cavity, the bake element retainer being a planar sheet; and a mounting arrangement formed integrally with the bake element retainer for mounting and supporting the bake element within the oven cavity, the mounting arrangement including a plurality of tabs formed in the planar sheet and projecting outwardly therefrom, wherein a first plurality of tabs each have a u-shaped cutout having an access opening configured for vertically oriented access by the bake element and being disposed at a front portion of the bake element retainer and a second plurality of tabs each have a c-shaped cutout having an access opening configured for horizontally oriented access by the bake element and being disposed at a rear portion of the bake element retainer wherein the bake element is supported by the tabs with a portion of the bake element fitted into the cutouts in the first plurality of tabs and a portion of the bake element fitted into the cutouts in the second plurality of tabs, wherein a portion of the tabs having c-shaped cutouts have openings directed toward one another.