Abstract: A sunshade assembly, and method of manufacturing same, including an inner core board, a self-contained extender assembly mounted to the core board, and an outer covering. The extender assembly includes a plastic channel member attached to the core board by heat staking, and an extender blade slidingly received within the channel member between a retracted position and an extended position. The handle end of the extender blade extends through an access opening in the outer covering and includes a handle portion that, in the retracted position of the extender blade, wraps around and frictionally engages the peripheral edge of the outer covering, thereby making the handle visible and easily grasped from both sides of the sunshade assembly. The channel member includes upper and lower tracks between which the blade is slidingly retained. The tracks include fingers that are resiliently biased against the blade to provide friction.

Abstract: A one-piece drain hose for an automatic washer is provided wherein the hose is attached to a discharge outlet of a pump by an adapter integrally molded onto the hose at a first end. The hose, which is formed of a corrugated plastic material, passes through an opening in the cabinet wall and is connected to a drain. A stop member is immovably carried on the hose to prevent it from being withdrawn from the washer cabinet by an excessive amount. A hose hanger is provided to hold a short portion of the hose in an exposed position while the remainder of the hose is positioned in the interior of the cabinet during shipping.

Abstract: A thrust spacer having resilient, upwardly angled tabs is provided to act as a variable spacer within a two-piece agitator, between an upper agitator portion and a lower agitator portion to prevent relative vertical movement between the two portions while permitting relative rotational movement therebetween. Each of the tabs is positioned adjacent to an opening larger than the tab to permit the tab to be compressed into the opening to provide a large degree of variability in the height of the tabs. The spacer also includes angled arms which engage with slots in the lower agitator portion to cause the spacer to rotate with the lower agitator portion.