Patent ID: 8511762
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: A47L,D06F

Abstract:
1. A household appliance comprising: a housing body; a front panel defining a front of the housing body, the front panel including a front wall and a first side wall adjacent to a first end of the front wall of the front panel, the first side wall of the front panel including a cut-out; and a kick panel removably secured to the front panel, the kick panel including a front wall and a first side wall adjacent to a first end of the front wall of the kick panel, wherein an inner concealed surface of the first side wall of the kick panel includes a catch device extending therefrom and engaging the cut-out of the front panel from an outer side of the first side wall of the front panel in a first direction extending from the inner concealed surface toward the first side wall of the front panel and securing the kick panel to the front panel, wherein the kick panel conceals the catch device from view when viewed from a front of the household appliance, wherein an edge of the first side wall of the kick panel includes one of a notch and an opening adjacent to an area of the catch device for insertion of a tool between the first sidewall of the front panel and the first sidewall of the kick panel, and wherein the catch device on the inner concealed surface of the first side wall of the kick panel is closer to the front wall of the front panel than the one of the notch and the opening such that the tool is inserted into the one of the notch and the opening in a forward direction extending from the edge of the first side wall of the kick panel toward the front wall of the front panel of the kick panel to disengage the catch device from the cut-out of the front panel in a second direction extending away from the first side wall of the front panel and toward the inner concealed surface of the first side wall of the kick panel.