Patent ID: 8420988
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A control panel mounting bracket for a domestic appliance, comprising: a frame shaped for being installed on a surface panel of a domestic appliance, the surface panel having an opening therein, and the frame having an open portion for receiving a control mount adhered over the open portion to the frame; a main securing member having at least one tab extending from the main securing member, the main securing member extending from the frame for being received into the surface panel, and the surface panel having a top surface and a bottom surface, the frame being shaped for being received within the opening in the surface panel, and the at least one tab being bendable from an unbent position to a bent position in which the bent tab engages the bottom surface of the surface panel; and the at least one tab being weakened along a line off-set at an acute angle from vertical such that when the at least one tab is bent it bends along the line and it bears against the bottom surface of the surface panel to urge the frame against the surface panel.