US 12,421,650 B2
Laundry fixture having an aluminum outer covering for reducing static electricity within a laundry appliance
Wesley P. Traylor, St. Joseph, MI (US)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/234,755, filed on Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055503 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 58/203 (2013.01) [D06F 58/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry fixture for reducing static electricity, the laundry fixture comprising:
a substrate;
an outer covering that includes a woven aluminum fabric that is disposed on the substrate to form a three-dimensional shape, the woven aluminum fabric defining a static-reducing portion; and
a retaining portion that is interspersed within the outer covering to form a particulate-capturing portion, wherein the static-reducing portion and the particulate-capturing portion cooperate to define an entire outer surface of the three-dimensional shape, wherein the three-dimensional shape is configured to be placed within a processing space for a laundry appliance to separate particulate material from articles being processed and retain the particulate material during a laundry cycle.