Westinghouse Electric Corp. was a major manufacturer of home appliances before White Consolidated Industries, acquired the product line in 1974(Now called White Westinghouse).Once upon a time, they built washing machines that stood on four small metal legs on each corner at the bottom of the boxlike structure that we commonly recognize as a washing machine. The legs were fitted with built-in screws to stabilize the machine during operation and avoid virbations.These small legs protruded from the basic boxlike design of the washing machine. Unfortunately, when these appliances were shipped in boxes; their movement (and often dropping of the boxes from trucks) caused these small legs to bend. Bent legs destabilized the washing machine and caused annoying as well as damaging vibrations when the machine was in operation. This resulted in significant warranty expenses to Westinghouse when a serviceman had to be called to fix bent legs.