Machineable and collapsible laundry container
AssigneeLoop Laundry, LLC
InventorsJordan Benjamin Abrams, Dawn Abrams Cryan
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Abstract
The present invention provides a laundry container that is uniquely operable as a standing hamper or tote when loading or holding dirty laundry and is sized and oriented to be closed and installed into a machine-washer and -dryer with the dirty laundry still within for cleaning without any user contact or interaction with the laundry articles themselves, the laundry container including features that allow it to be extended and stand upright for use as a loadable hamper or tote and to be collapsed, with or without laundry still inside, for purposes of transport or storage.
Claims35
A container for laundry, comprising:
- an upper end wall and a lower end wall with a sidewall extending therebetween, each of the upper end wall, the lower end wall, and the sidewall comprising a machine washable and dryable, vinyl-coated, flexible mesh material that allows the passage of fluids therethrough;
- a fastener engageable to fully connect the upper end wall with the sidewall to prevent access to clothing items within the container when in a closed state and to permit access to clothing items within the container when in an open state;
- the sidewall comprising one or more supports for retaining the container in an upright position, the supports also permitting the container to be collapsed into a collapsed state;
- wherein the container operates as a standing hamper when in the upright position and the open state, is sized and shaped to be placed within an interior of a standard-sized machine-washer and within an interior of a standard sized machine-dryer when in the upright position, and may be collapsed into the collapsed state for easy transport and storage, facilitating the container's use as an all-in-one laundry hamper and machine-washable laundry bag.
The container for laundry as claimed in claim 6, wherein the upper end wall has a diameter of about 16 inches, the lower end wall has a diameter of about 17 inches, and the sidewall has a length of about 13 inches when fully extended in the upright position.
A tote-style container for laundry, comprising:
- a lower panel and an upper bag portion, each comprising a machine washable and dryable, vinyl-coated, flexible mesh material that allows the passage of fluids therethrough;
- a fastener engageable to fully connect the lower panel with the upper bag portion to prevent access to clothing items within the tote-style container when in a closed state and to permit access to clothing items within the tote-style container when in an open state;
- the upper bag portion further comprising one or more supports for retaining the container in an upright position, the supports also permitting the container to be collapsed into a collapsed state;
- wherein the tote-style container is easily loadable when in the upright position and the open state, is sized and shaped to be placed within an interior of a standard sized machine-washer and within an interior of a standard sized machine-dryer when in the upright position, and may be collapsed into the collapsed state for easy transport and storage, facilitating the tote-style container's use as a machine-washable and machine-dryable laundry bag.
A container for laundry, comprising:
- an upper end wall, a lower end wall, and a semi-rigid sidewall extending therebetween, each of the upper end wall, the lower end wall, and the semi-rigid sidewall comprising a machine washable and dryable, mesh material that allows the passage of fluids therethrough;
- a fastener engageable to fully connect the upper end wall with the sidewall to prevent access to clothing items within the container when in a closed state and to permit access to clothing items within the container when in an open state;
- the semi-rigid sidewall being extendable to maintain an upright position of the container and being collapsible to maintain a collapsed state of the container by subjecting the sidewall to extending and compressing forces, respectively, substantially parallel to a length of the sidewall;
- wherein the container operates as a standing hamper when in the upright position and the open state, is sized and shaped to be placed within an interior of a standard-sized machine-washer and within an interior of a standard sized machine-dryer when in the upright position, and may be collapsed into the collapsed state for easy transport and storage, facilitating the container's use as an all-in-one laundry hamper and machine-washable laundry bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.