Laundry treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12286743-B2
Application number	US-202318227870-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2023
Priority date	Nov 11, 2016
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an accommodation space formed therein to accommodate laundry, a door hingedly connected to the cabinet to open or close the accommodation space, a presser for applying pressure to laundry to remove wrinkles from laundry, and a presser-fixing structure for mounting the presser to the inner surface of the accommodation space or the door. The presser-fixing structure includes a support holder protruding from the inner surface of the accommodation space or the door and a presser-fixing recess formed concavely in the rear surface of the presser so as to allow the support holder to be inserted thereinto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having an accommodation space formed therein to accommodate laundry;
a door hingedly connected to the cabinet to open or close the accommodation space;
a presser configured to apply pressure to laundry to remove wrinkles from laundry; and
a presser-fixing structure configured to removably affix the presser to an inner surface of the accommodation space or to an inner surface of the door,
wherein the presser-fixing structure includes:
a support holder having a support recess therein and protruding from the inner surface of the accommodation space or from the inner surface of the door; and
a presser-fixing protrusion provided at the presser, configured to be inserted into the support recess.

2. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support holder is formed integrally with the inner surface of the accommodation space or the inner surface of the door.

3. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the support recess is provided on the top surface of the support holder.

4. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support holder is removably coupled to the inner surface of the accommodation space or the inner surface of the door.

5. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 4 , the presser-fixing protrusion is formed to protrude downward.

6. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support holder includes:
a first support holder having a first support recess; and
a second support holder having a second support recess and being spaced downward apart from the first support holder.

7. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the presser-fixing protrusion includes:
a first presser-fixing protrusion configured to be inserted into the first support recess; and
a second presser-fixing protrusion configured to be inserted into the second support recess.

8. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first presser-fixing protrusion is configured to be downwardly inserted into the first support recess, and the second presser-fixing protrusion is configured to be downwardly inserted into the second support recess.

9. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a laundry support member for supporting laundry provided at the inner surface of the accommodation space or from the inner surface of the door, and
wherein the presser comprises:
a support body; and
a press body having one side hingedly connected to one side of the support body and an opposite side detachably attached to the opposite side of the support body.

10. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the presser-fixing protrusion is provided at the support body.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lim Hyunggyu
• Yoon Taejun
• Lee Minhyoung
• Choi Jeongryeol
• Nam Junyoung

Classifications

• D06F59/02

  for garments · CPC title

• D06F58/18

  Detachable or door-mounted drying arrangements for washing machines · CPC title

• D06F58/16 Primary

  having heatable surfaces for contacting the laundry (D06F59/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F73/02

  having one or more treatment chambers · CPC title

• D06F67/005

  Stands or cabinets · CPC title