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US 11,414,809 B2Granted
Drying rack for a laundry treating appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsRobert C. Hoffman, Jason R. Spears
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Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus, such as a clothes dryer, includes an auxiliary drying rack configured to retain laundry items in a space between the drying rack and a door. The drying rack can have horizontal rods that are spaced such that laundry items are retained within the space and are not pulled into a treating chamber. The drying rack is designed to be easily opened and closed.
Claims19
A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet having an interior and defined by a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of side walls supporting a top wall;
- a rotatable drum disposed within the interior of the cabinet that defines a treating chamber;
- a door mounted vertically to the front wall and selectively moveable between open and closed positions to close an opening in the front wall and having an outer surface and an inner surface where the inner surface faces the treating chamber in the closed position;
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- a drying rack mounted vertically to the inner surface of the door and having an open position and a closed position and extending toward the treating chamber, the drying rack comprising:
- a plurality of rods curved to form a dome defining a closed end of the drying rack wherein the rods are spaced such that laundry items can be placed in an open end of the drying rack when the drying rack is in the open position and laundry items can be retained within the drying rack by the plurality of rods and the inner surface of the door when the drying rack is in the closed position.
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A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet having an interior and defined by a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of side walls supporting a top wall;
- a rotatable drum disposed within the interior of the cabinet that defines a treating chamber;
- a door mounted to the front wall and selectively moveable between an open and closed position to close an opening in the front wall and having an outer surface and an inner surface where the inner surface faces the treating chamber in the closed position;
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- a drying rack defined by a plurality of rods and mounted to the inner surface of the door and selectively moveable between an open position for receiving laundry items and a closed position for retaining laundry items in the drying rack during a cycle of operation and having an outer surface extending into the treating chamber when the door is in the closed position and an opening opposite of the outer surface that is closed by the inner surface of the door when the drying rack is in the closed position, and wherein a latch mounted to the inner surface of the door retains a pin on the drying rack to retain the drying rack in the closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.