Laundry treating apparatus

A laundry treating apparatus comprising:

• a cabinet including a front panel that defines a detergent opening;
• a tub disposed inside the cabinet;
• a drum disposed in the tub and configured to rotate;
• a detergent storage unit configured to be retracted into the cabinet through the detergent opening, the detergent storage unit being configured to receive detergent and supply the received detergent to the drum;
• and
• a protective casing disposed inside the cabinet,
• wherein the front panel of the cabinet includes an opening extension portion extending from a periphery of the detergent opening toward an inside of the cabinet,
• wherein the protective casing is coupled to the opening extension portion of the front panel, the protective casing surrounding at least a portion of the detergent storage unit that is retracted into the cabinet through the detergent opening, and
• wherein the protective casing includes an opening protection wall at least partially covering an inner face of the opening extension portion that faces toward the detergent opening.