US 11,708,656 B2
Laundry treating appliance
Donald Erickson, Stevensville, MI (US); Steven Fricke, St. Joseph, MI (US); Christian Gianni, Stevensville, MI (US); Thomas Kessler, Stevensvill, MI (US); Praveen Poojary, St. Joseph, MI (US); Erica Roberts, Stevensville, MI (US); Jaime Rodriguez, Benton Harbor, MI (US); and Peter Wagoner, St. Joseph, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,017.
Application 17/984,017 is a continuation of application No. 17/130,186, filed on Dec. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,512,421.
Application 17/130,186 is a continuation of application No. 15/872,033, filed on Jan. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,907,290, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/447,029, filed on Jan. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073346 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 37/10 (2006.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 37/10 (2013.01) [D06F 37/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating a load of laundry according to a cycle of operation, the laundry treating appliance comprising a cabinet defining an interior, a tub, housed within the interior, a drum at least partially received within the tub, the drum having a sidewall and a pair of end walls and defining a circumference of the drum and at least partially defining a treating chamber and having a drum opening disposed within the sidewall and the drum is configured to selectively rotate within the tub; the sidewall comprising a shell defining an exterior surface with the drum opening located in the shell, a moveable door operably coupled to the shell and moveable between an opened position wherein access is provided to the treating chamber through the drum opening and a closed position, the method comprising:
wrapping a flexible fabric around at least a portion of the circumference of the sidewall including the drum opening.