# US 11,111,618 B2 · Laundry treating appliance with removable basket > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,111,618 B2 - Document ID: US11111618B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/983,254 - Filed: 2018-05-18 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-18 - Assignees: Whirlpool Corporation - Applicants: Whirlpool Corporation - Inventors: Emmanuel F. Gonzaga; Fernando R. Martins - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11111618B2 ## CPC - D06F 37/16: Partitions - D06F 37/12: adapted for rotation or oscillation about a vertical axis - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES ## Abstract A laundry treating appliance that has a first clothes mover and a removable basket assembly coupled to the first clothes mover. The removable basket assembly has a second wash basket and a second clothes mover. A first blocker is positioned between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket. A second blocker is positioned between the first clothes mover and the second wash basket for stabilizing the removable basket assembly relative to the first clothes mover. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A laundry treating appliance comprising: a first wash basket; a first clothes mover coupled to the first wash basket; a removable basket assembly coupled to the first clothes mover and comprising a second wash basket and a second clothes mover; a first blocker positioned between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket; and a second blocker positioned between the first clothes mover and the second wash basket for stabilizing the removable basket assembly relative to the first clothes mover. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 further comprising a transmitter coupled to a top of the first clothes mover. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The laundry treating appliance of claim 2 wherein the transmitter comprises a transition wall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The laundry treating appliance of claim 3 wherein the second wash basket comprises a transition surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The laundry treating appliance of claim 4 wherein the second wash basket transition surface is complementary in shape to the transmitter transition wall. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The laundry treating appliance of claim 5 wherein the second blocker is positioned between the second wash basket transition surface and the transmitter transition wall. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the second blocker is snap fit into the second wash basket. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the first blocker is formed from plastic. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the first blocker is a ring. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the second clothes mover comprises a generally convex upper sidewall and the second wash basket comprises a transition surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The laundry treating appliance of claim 10 wherein the first blocker comprises a side surface complementary in shape to the generally convex upper sidewall. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The laundry treating appliance of claim 11 wherein the first blocker comprises a side surface complementary in shape to the transition surface on the second wash basket. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The laundry treating appliance of claim 12 wherein the first blocker is positioned between the transition surface on the second wash basket and the generally convex upper sidewall. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the first blocker is snap fit to the second clothes mover. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The laundry treating appliance of claim 14 wherein the first blocker rotates on the second wash basket. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The laundry treating appliance of claim 1 wherein the second blocker is a ring. ### Claim 17 A laundry treating appliance comprising: a first wash basket; a first clothes mover coupled to the first wash basket; a transmitter coupled to the first clothes mover; a second wash basket coupled to the transmitter; a second clothes mover coupled to the second wash basket; a first blocker positioned between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket; and a second blocker positioned between the transmitter and the second wash basket for stabilizing the second basket relative to the first clothes mover. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The laundry treating appliance of claim 17 wherein the second wash basket comprises a transition surface between 30 and 60 degrees relative to horizontal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The laundry treating appliance of claim 18 wherein the first blocker has a wall complementary in shape to the transition surface such that the wall of the first blocker mounts over the transition surface when the second clothes mover is mounted on second wash basket.