US 12,188,169 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Youngho Jung, Seoul (KR); Sanghee Yoo, Seoul (KR); and Daehan Kwon, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/177,795.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0020460 (KR), filed on Feb. 19, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0131837 (KR), filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0254263 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/125 (2013.01) [D06F 29/005 (2013.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stacked laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a first treating apparatus comprising (i) a first front panel disposed at a front face of the first treating apparatus and (ii) a first drum configured to accommodate laundry therein;
a second treating apparatus that is configured to be disposed vertically below the first treating apparatus and to support the first treating apparatus, the second treating apparatus comprising (ii) a second front panel disposed at a front face of the second treating apparatus and (ii) a second drum configured to accommodate laundry therein;
an upper frame that is located at a top of the front face of the second treating apparatus and extends upward to the front face of the first treating apparatus, the upper frame being configured to fasten the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus to each other based on the first treating apparatus being stacked on the second treating apparatus; and
a control panel configured to be operationally connected to the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus, the control panel being configured to be inserted between the first front panel and the second front panel in a state in which the front face of the first treating apparatus and the front face of the second treating apparatus are fastened by the upper frame,
wherein the upper frame is configured to be positioned behind the control panel based on the control panel being coupled between the first front panel and the second front panel,
wherein the control panel comprises (i) an upper portion configured to couple to a lower portion of the first front panel and (ii) a lower portion configured to couple to an upper portion of the second front panel, and
wherein the stacked laundry treating apparatus is configured to, based on the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus being stacked and assembled together with the control panel in a vertical direction, have a front surface comprising (i) a first portion defined by the first front panel, (ii) a second portion defined by the control panel, and (iii) a third portion defined by the second front panel, wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are arranged along the vertical direction.