US 12,460,342 B2
Clothes treatment apparatus
Joongil Shin, Seoul (KR); Kyuchul Lee, Seoul (KR); Yulgi Jin, Seoul (KR); and Hansol Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/575,119
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/008610
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/277413, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0083899 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0301612 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 34/30 (2020.01); D06F 34/32 (2020.01); D06F 34/34 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/12 (2013.01) [D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 34/30 (2020.02); D06F 34/32 (2020.02); D06F 34/34 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet comprising:
a cabinet body having an open surface,
a panel support coupled to the cabinet body, and
a mounting panel that is coupled to the panel support and covers the open surface of the cabinet body, the mounting panel defining a panel inlet that passes therethrough;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and configured to receive laundry, the drum defining a drum inlet that faces the panel inlet; and
a shielding part comprising:
a shielding body that covers a space between the mounting panel and the panel support,
a panel fastening portion that couples the shielding body to the mounting panel, and
an extension fastening portion that couples the shielding body to the panel support.