Laundry treating appliance with removable basket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11725328-B2
Application number	US-202117393876-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2021
Priority date	May 18, 2018
Publication date	Aug 15, 2023
Grant date	Aug 15, 2023

Abstract

A laundry treating appliance with a first clothes mover and a removable basket assembly coupled to the first clothes mover. The removable basket assembly has a second wash basket and a second clothes mover. A first blocker is positioned between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket. A second blocker is positioned between the first clothes mover and the second wash basket for stabilizing the removable basket assembly relative to the first clothes mover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of stabilizing a removable basket assembly in a laundry treating appliance having a first wash basket and a first clothes mover and a second wash basket and a second clothes mover, comprising:
fitting a first blocker between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket; and
fitting a second blocker between the second wash basket and the first clothes mover for stabilizing the removable basket assembly relative to the first clothes mover.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the second clothes mover comprises a generally convex upper sidewall, the second wash basket comprises a transition surface, and the first clothes mover comprises a transition wall.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the first blocker is positioned between the generally convex upper sidewall and the transition surface.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the second blocker is positioned between the transition surface and the first clothes mover transition wall.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising coupling a transmitter to a top of the first clothes mover.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the transmitter comprises a transition wall.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the second wash basket comprises a transition surface.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the transition surface is complementary in shape to the transition wall.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the second blocker is positioned between the transition surface and the transition wall.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the second blocker is snap fit into the second wash basket.

11. A basket assembly for a laundry treating appliance comprising:
a first wash basket;
a first clothes mover coupled to the first wash basket;
a second wash basket coupled to the first clothes mover;
a second clothes mover coupled to the second wash basket;
a first blocker positioned between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket; and
a second blocker positioned between the first clothes mover and the second wash basket for stabilizing the basket assembly relative to the first clothes mover.

12. The basket assembly of claim 11 further comprising a transmitter coupled to a top of the first clothes mover.

13. The basket assembly of claim 12 wherein the transmitter comprises a transition wall.

14. The basket assembly of claim 13 wherein the second wash basket comprises a transition surface.

15. The basket assembly of claim 14 wherein the transition surface is complementary in shape to the transition wall.

16. The basket assembly of claim 15 wherein the second blocker is positioned between the transition surface and the transition wall.

17. The basket assembly of claim 11 wherein the second blocker is snap fit into the second wash basket.

18. The basket assembly of claim 11 wherein the first blocker is a ring.

19. The basket assembly of claim 11 wherein the second clothes mover comprises a generally convex upper sidewall and the second wash basket comprises a transition surface.

20. The basket assembly of claim 19 wherein the first blocker comprises a side surface complementary in shape to the generally convex upper sidewall.

21. The basket assembly of claim 20 wherein the first blocker comprises a second side surface complementary in shape to the transition surface on the second wash basket.

22. The basket assembly of claim 21 wherein the first blocker is positioned between the transition surface on the second wash basket and the generally convex upper sidewall.

Assignees

• Whirlpool Co

Inventors

• Gonzaga Emmanuel F
• Martins Fernando R

Classifications

• D06F37/16 Primary

  Partitions · CPC title

• D06F37/12

  adapted for rotation or oscillation about a vertical axis · CPC title