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An appliance is provided with a control housing secured to the cabinet top cover. The control housing includes a front opening which is closed by a control panel assembly engageable with the lower portion of the housing front and rearwardly pivotable for engagement with the top of the housing front.

An appliance is provided with a control housing secured to the cabinet top cover. The control housing includes a front opening which is closed by a control panel assembly engageable with the lower portion of the housing front and rearwardly pivotable for engagement with the top of the housing front. The control panel assembly includes a support panel and an overlying decorative panel which is biased toward the frontal surface of the support panel. This biasing maintains the rear of the face portion of the fascia panel in contact with the support panel. The control panel assembly ends are enclosed by a pair of rearwardly extending end caps which combine with the upper edge of the fascia panel to provide a continuous unbroken line at the top of the panel assembly and form a frame having a mitered corner appearance.

대표청구항 ▼

A control panel assembly for an appliance control housing having an open front, the combination comprising: a relatively rigid support panel for generally closing said open front and including a front portion and rearwardly projecting upper and lower shoulder portions; a relatively less rigid decora

A control panel assembly for an appliance control housing having an open front, the combination comprising: a relatively rigid support panel for generally closing said open front and including a front portion and rearwardly projecting upper and lower shoulder portions; a relatively less rigid decorative panel including a face portion having a generally coextensively overlying relationship with the front portion of said support panel and rearwardly projecting upper and lower flanges having an overlapping engagement with the shoulders of said support panel, the fabricated dimension between said support panel shoulder portions across the points of engagement with said decorative panel flanges being greater than the corresponding dimension between said decorative panel flanges to produce interference for removably retaining said decorative panel on said support panel and for springing apart said decorative panel flanges and bowing said decorative panel face portion into biased engagement with the front portion of said support panel; means associated with each of said panels and cooperable for locating said decorative panel upon and interlocking said decorative panel to said support panel.