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US 10,663,175 B2Granted
Home appliance
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong Seok Jang, Bok Hyun Jang, Yeong Hyeok Kim, Han Seong Kang
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Abstract
A home appliance having a support device configured to prevent the home appliance from falling. A home appliance includes a body having an openable front surface, and a support device having a bracket configured to be coupled to the body, and a foot configured to support the body by being coupled to the bracket, wherein the foot is provided such that a point of support supporting the body by making contact with the ground, is formed in one end portion of the foot.
Claims14
A home appliance comprising:
- a body having a front side, a rear side, a bottom side and sides to form the body, the front side having an opening formed thereof;
- a door to open or close the opening;
- a bracket coupled to the body, the bracket comprising
- a first coupling portion coupled to the front side of the body,
- a second coupling portion coupled to the bottom side of the body, and
- an inclined portion integrally formed and extended from the second coupling portion, the inclined portion inclined by an angle with respect to the second coupling portion and comprising an insertion portion thereof;
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- a foot comprising a flange portion configured to be in contact with a ground and a shaft portion extended from a center of the flange portion so that the foot is coupled to the inclined portion by inserting the shaft portion into the insertion portion to support the body to prevent the body from falling forward,
- wherein the inclined portion and the shaft portion are perpendicular to each other,
- wherein when one end portion of the flange portion makes contact with the ground to support a weight of the body, an other end portion of the flange portion does not make contact with the ground based on the angle of the inclined portion, and
- wherein the one end portion does not protrude forward of the door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.