Appliance console assembly

Abstract

A console assembly for an appliance that includes a cabinet is provided. The console assembly has a console which attaches with a top surface of the appliance cabinet and a rear peg. The console includes a passageway disposed in a surface thereof. The rear peg, which is a structure independent of the console, projects upward from a surface associated with the appliance cabinet and through the console passageway. The console may include one or more flanges disposed at a front edge of the console, a pair of front pegs and a pair of posts proximate to the front pegs.

1 . A console assembly for an appliance that includes a cabinet, the console assembly comprising: 
 a console having a surface that includes a console passageway disposed therein; and    a rear peg that projects upward from a surface associated with the appliance cabinet and through the console passageway.    
   
   
       2 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 1 , the console further comprising: 
 a flange disposed at a first end of the console where the flange projects downward through an opening in the surface of the appliance cabinet.    
   
   
       3 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the console passageway is disposed at a second end of the console opposite the first end of the console.  
   
   
       4 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the console further comprises: 
 a front peg disposed at the first end of the console.    
   
   
       5 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the front peg projects downward from the console through a second opening in the surface of the appliance cabinet wherein the front peg has a length which is greater than a length of the console flange.  
   
   
       6 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 1 , the console further comprising: 
 a post disposed proximate to the console front peg.    
   
   
       7 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the post projects downward from the console and engages the surface of the appliance cabinet.  
   
   
       8 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the rear peg is affixed to the surface of the appliance cabinet.  
   
   
       9 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 8 , the rear peg comprising: 
 an upper body portion that projects upward through the console passageway.    
   
   
       10 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 8 , the rear peg comprising: 
 a first flange that engages with an upper surface of the appliance cabinet.    
   
   
       11 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 8 , the rear peg comprising: 
 a stem projecting downward through a corresponding opening in the surface of the appliance cabinet.    
   
   
       12 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 8 , the console comprising: 
 a pair of flanges that engage an under side of the surface of the appliance cabinet.    
   
   
       13 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 1 , the console further comprising: 
 a second console passageway disposed therein    
   
   
       14 . The console assembly as recited in  claim 13  further comprising: 
 a front peg that projects upward from the surface associated with the appliance cabinet and through the second console passageway.    
   
   
       15 . A console assembly as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the appliance is a washing machine.  
   
   
       16 . A console assembly as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the appliance is a dryer.  
   
   
       17 . An appliance comprising: 
 a cabinet having a surface;    a console having a surface that includes a console passageway disposed therein;    a rear peg that projects upward from the cabinet surface and through the console passageway.