US 12,448,727 B2
Laundry apparatus
Nishant Jain, Roswell, GA (US); Thibault P. Corens, Roswell, GA (US); and Keith Li, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to LaundrySucks.io Inc., Sandy Springs, GA (US)
Filed by LaundrySucks.io Inc., Sandy Springs, GA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/668,050.
Application 18/668,050 is a continuation of application No. 17/258,531, granted, now 12,018,429, previously published as PCT/US2019/045019, filed on Aug. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/714,731, filed on Aug. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0301616 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 73/02 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 39/40 (2024.01); D06F 58/10 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); D06F 103/02 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 73/02 (2013.01) [B25J 17/0258 (2013.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 39/40 (2024.01); D06F 58/10 (2013.01); D06F 58/203 (2013.01); D06F 2103/02 (2020.02); G06F 18/214 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry kiosk comprising:
a chamber;
a hanger arranged within the chamber and configured to receive a garment, the hanger comprising:
a center section;
a first wing extending from the center section; and
a second wing extending from the center section opposite the first wing;
a first expandable component:
arranged on the first wing of the hanger; and
configured to:
expand into a first sleeve of the garment arranged on the hanger; and
block passage of steam from inside a torso of the garment into the first sleeve of the garment; and
a second expandable component:
arranged on the second wing of the hanger; and
configured to:
expand into a second sleeve of the garment; and
block passage of steam from inside the torso of the garment into the second sleeve of the garment.