Patent ID: 7766436
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A47B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A method of installing an overlay panel onto an appliance panel having an interior side formed by a plastic inner liner and an exterior side formed by a sheet metal shell, with an insulation layer in between, wherein said appliance panel includes a gasket groove with side walls and a bottom wall recessed relative to an area of said plastic inner liner adjacent to said gasket groove, said gasket groove extending in a continuous manner around said plastic inner liner for receiving a removable and replaceable gasket, comprising the steps: abutting said overlay panel directly against said exterior side of said appliance panel; securing a threaded fastener to said overlay panel by inserting and driving said threaded fastener from said bottom wall of said gasket groove of said appliance panel and through said appliance panel and into but not all the way through said overlay panel; and attaching said removable and replaceable gasket onto said appliance panel by inserting a portion of said gasket into said gasket groove in a complete circuit around said plastic inner liner to cover said threaded fastener after said threaded fastener has been inserted through said appliance panel and secured to said overlay panel.