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US 11,851,809 B2Granted
Removable basket for laundry appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsSeth E. Bixby, Sayer J. Murphy, Kartik Sadanand Vastrad
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Abstract
A laundry appliance including a cabinet that defines an opening to access an interior. A drum is positioned within the interior of the cabinet. A removable basket is selectively coupled to the drum and includes a first arcuate body that is coupled with a second arcuate body. The second arcuate body is rotatable between a nested position and an expanded position.
Claims16
A removable basket for a laundry appliance, comprising:
- a first arcuate body;
- a second arcuate body rotatably coupled to the first arcuate body, wherein the second arcuate body is configured to rotate about a rotational axis of said removable basket from a nested position in which the second arcuate body overlaps the first arcuate body for insertion into said laundry appliance to an expanded position in which the first arcuate body and the second arcuate body form a base and a substantially continuous sidewall to hold items;
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- a center support coupled to the base, wherein the center support is configured to guide rotation of the second arcuate body.
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A removable basket for a laundry appliance, comprising:
- a first arcuate body;
- a base coupled to the first arcuate body, wherein the base defines a basket agitator;
- a second arcuate body rotatably coupled to the first arcuate body, wherein the second arcuate body rotates about a rotational axis of said removable basket between a nested position in which the second arcuate body overlaps the first arcuate body for insertion into said laundry appliance and an expanded position in which the first arcuate body and the second arcuate body form a substantially continuous sidewall to hold items;
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- a retaining assembly coupled to at least one of the first and second arcuate bodies to retain the second arcuate body in the expanded position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.