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US 2020/0399811 A1Published application
Laundry treating system and kit for use with a laundry treating appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsPhilip J. CZARNECKI, Pamela R. KLYN, Eric W. MERROW, Jon STRAIT, Mary E. ZEITLER
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Abstract
A laundry treating system includes a laundry treating appliance having a first basket for receiving a first laundry load and a first clothes mover disposed in the first basket. The laundry treating system is user configurable between first, second, and third configurations. A kit for customizing a laundry treating appliance can include a second clothes mover and a second basket configured to removably couple with the laundry treating appliance.
Claims22
A laundry treating system, comprising:
- a base having a first connector configured to receive a second connector of a removeable clothes mover, the first connector including a socket, a cover, and a biasing element,
- the cover being moveable between a closed position covering the socket and an open position allowing access to the socket,
- the biasing element configured to bias the cover into the closed position, such that pressing the clothes mover into the socket to connect the first and second connectors overcomes the bias and moves the cover into the open position.
A laundry treating system, comprising:
- a base having a first connector, a socket, a cover moveable between a closed position covering the socket and an open position allowing access to the socket, the cover being biased into the closed position;
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- a removable clothes mover having a second connector configured to be received by the first connector, such that pressing the removable clothes mover into the socket for connecting the first and second connectors overcomes the bias and moves the cover into the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.