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Closure panel and laundry treating appliance with same

  • US 10,309,051 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2015
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A laundry treating appliance configured to treat laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:

  • a cabinet defining an interior and having a bottom opening;

    a treating chamber located within the interior for receiving an article to be treated; and

    a closure panel mounted to a lower portion of the cabinet within the interior of the cabinet, the closure panel comprising a set of moveable flaps adapted to selectively move between a shipping position where at least one of the set of moveable flaps is oriented to accommodate packaging material and an installed position where the set of moveable flaps is configured to cover at least a portion of the bottom opening during the automatic cycle of operation;

    wherein the set of moveable flaps are configured to fall from the shipping position to the installed position when not held open by the packaging material while being mounted to the lower portion of the cabinet and within the interior of the cabinet.

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