Home appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10663175-B2
Application number	US-201815885080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2018
Priority date	May 30, 2017
Publication date	May 26, 2020
Grant date	May 26, 2020

Abstract

A home appliance having a support device configured to prevent the home appliance from falling. A home appliance includes a body having an openable front surface, and a support device having a bracket configured to be coupled to the body, and a foot configured to support the body by being coupled to the bracket, wherein the foot is provided such that a point of support supporting the body by making contact with the ground, is formed in one end portion of the foot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A home appliance comprising:
a body having a front side, a rear side, a bottom side and sides to form the body, the front side having an opening formed thereof;
a door to open or close the opening;
a bracket coupled to the body, the bracket comprising
a first coupling portion coupled to the front side of the body,
a second coupling portion coupled to the bottom side of the body, and
an inclined portion integrally formed and extended from the second coupling portion, the inclined portion inclined by an angle with respect to the second coupling portion and comprising an insertion portion thereof; and
a foot comprising a flange portion configured to be in contact with a ground and a shaft portion extended from a center of the flange portion so that the foot is coupled to the inclined portion by inserting the shaft portion into the insertion portion to support the body to prevent the body from falling forward,
wherein the inclined portion and the shaft portion are perpendicular to each other,
wherein when one end portion of the flange portion makes contact with the ground to support a weight of the body, an other end portion of the flange portion does not make contact with the ground based on the angle of the inclined portion, and
wherein the one end portion does not protrude forward of the door.

2. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein
a lower surface of the foot includes the one end portion and the other end portion, the lower surface of the foot is obliquely disposed at the angle with respect to the ground.

3. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein
a lower surface of the foot includes the one end portion and the other end portion, the lower surface of the foot, except for the one end portion, is not in contact with the ground.

4. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein
the one end portion of the foot includes a point of support of the foot that is placed forward with respect to the front side of the body.

5. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein
the insertion portion comprises a thread formed in an inner circumferential surface thereof and the shaft portion comprises a corresponding thread to the thread of the insertion portion in an outer circumferential surface thereof so that the shaft portion is coupled to the insertion portion.

6. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein the flange portion is formed in a polygonal shape equal to or greater than a quadrilateral shape.

7. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein the flange portion is formed in a circular shape.

8. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein a width of the flange portion is in a range from about 55 mm to about 75 mm.

9. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein the angle is in a range from about 5° to about 150°.

10. The home appliance of claim 1 ,
wherein the door comprises a first door and a second door, wherein the opening includes a first opening which is opened or closed by the first door and a second opening which is opened or closed by the second door.

11. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein
the one end portion of the foot includes a point of support and a position of the point of support is maintained while the foot is being rotated.

12. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein the flange portion further comprises a rib formed on an edge portion thereof.

13. The home appliance of claim 12 , further comprising a foot cover having an insertion groove therein so that the rib is inserted into the insertion groove to cover the foot.

14. The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein the flange portion further comprises a reinforcing portion formed in a center portion the flange portion and the reinforcing portion has a higher an increased thickness toward the center portion of the flange portion.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jang Yong Seok
• Jang Bok Hyun
• Kim Yeong Hyeok
• Kang Han Seong

Classifications

• F25D2323/024

  Door hinges · CPC title

• A47L15/427

  Arrangements for setting the machine, e.g. anti-tip devices therefor, fixing of integrated machines · CPC title

• F24C15/086

  Adjustable legs or pillars · CPC title

• A47L15/4253

  Supporting arrangements for the casing, e.g. rollers or supporting legs · CPC title

• D06F39/125

  Supporting arrangements for the casing, e.g. rollers or legs · CPC title