US 12,065,774 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Sungwoon Jung, Seoul (KR); Hyehyun Sim, Seoul (KR); and Hunjun Jang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,772.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0124476 (KR), filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0098782 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 21/04 (2006.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/02 (2013.01) [D06F 39/028 (2013.01); D06F 21/04 (2013.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.02); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet that defines a detergent opening at a front surface thereof;
a tub located inside the cabinet and configured to receive wash water;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to receive laundry; and
a detergent storage configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the cabinet through the detergent opening and to receive detergent to be supplied to the tub, the detergent storage comprising:
a storage frame that defines a detergent storage space configured to store the detergent therein, the detergent storage space having an open top surface defined at a frame top surface of the storage frame,
a cover seat portion that is disposed at the storage frame and extends along a perimeter of the detergent storage space, and
a cover configured to detachably couple to the cover seat portion and to cover at least a portion of the open top surface of the detergent storage space,
wherein the storage frame comprises:
a frame bottom surface,
a frame partition wall that extends upward from the frame bottom surface and divides the detergent storage space into a plurality of storage spaces,
a frame outer wall that extends upward from edges of the frame bottom surface to the frame top surface to thereby define the detergent storage space,
wherein the cover seat portion is disposed at top portions of the frame outer wall and the frame partition wall,
wherein the frame outer wall comprises:
a front outer wall disposed at a front surface of the storage frame facing the detergent opening of the cabinet,
a rear outer wall disposed at a rear surface of the storage frame opposite to the front surface of the storage frame, and
a first side outer wall and a second side outer wall that are disposed at side surfaces of the storage frame,
wherein the cover comprises:
a cover base that extends parallel to the frame bottom surface and is configured to cover the open top surface of the detergent storage space, and
a cover coupling portion that extends along a perimeter of the cover base and is configured to couple to a portion of the first side outer wall or the second side outer wall, the cover coupling portion comprising (i) a coupling insertion portion configured to receive the cover seat portion and (ii) a cover handle that extends from a rear portion of the first side outer wall or the second side outer wall outward relative to the coupling insertion portion in a direction away from the frame partition wall, and
wherein the cover handle is configured (i) to be located inside the cabinet based on the detergent storage being inserted into the detergent opening and (ii) to be exposed to an outside of the cabinet based on the detergent storage being separated from the detergent opening.