US 11,982,042 B2
Laundry treating appliance having a door assembly
Darryl C. Bodine, St. Joseph, MI (US); Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Eau Claire, MI (US); Stephen D. Ostdiek, St. Joseph, MI (US); Marcel Schmidt, Poprad (SK); and Todd Tunzi, St. Joseph, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,248.
Application 17/563,248 is a division of application No. 16/665,718, filed on Oct. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,242,645.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/768,292, filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120025 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 23/06 (2006.01); D06F 37/10 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/14 (2013.01) [D06F 23/06 (2013.01); D06F 37/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
a chassis defining an interior and having a front panel defining a front panel opening;
a rotatable treating chamber located within the interior and having a treating chamber opening at a lower height than the front panel opening, yet still accessible through the front panel opening; and
a door assembly mounted to the chassis for movement between an opened position and a closed positions to selectively open or close the front panel opening, the door assembly comprising a window aligned with the front panel opening when the door assembly is in the closed position, and the window is slidable between a closed position, where it closes the front panel opening, and an opened position, where it provides access to an entirety of the front panel opening.