Integrated laundry center
First Claim
1. An integrated laundry center comprising:
- an integrated cabinet assembly defining a plurality of discrete spaces;
a washing machine at least partly housed within a portion of the cabinet assembly;
a clothes dryer at least partly housed within a portion of the cabinet assembly; and
a plurality of exterior decorative fascia panels carried by the cabinet assembly.
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Abstract
An integrated laundry center has an integrated cabinet assembly defining a plurality of discrete spaces. Each space can provide a separate module for performing a particular fabric care function. A washing machine is at least partly housed within a portion of the cabinet assembly defining a washer module. A clothes dryer is at least partly housed within a portion of the cabinet assembly defining a dryer module. A plurality of exterior decorative fascia panels are carried by the cabinet assembly and can be selected to coordinate with a decor of an individual'"'"'s home. The integrated laundry center can also include any number of additional and optional modules providing virtually any desired fabric care function and equipment. The integrated laundry center can also incorporate an optional control system for controlling virtually any function of each of the integrated laundry center modules such as the washing machine functions and the clothes dryer functions. The integrated laundry center can be particularly designed to include only selected modules and to have the selected modules arranged and oriented as desired.
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65 Claims
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1. An integrated laundry center comprising:
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an integrated cabinet assembly defining a plurality of discrete spaces;
a washing machine at least partly housed within a portion of the cabinet assembly;
a clothes dryer at least partly housed within a portion of the cabinet assembly; and
a plurality of exterior decorative fascia panels carried by the cabinet assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A supplemental clothes drying system comprising:
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a cabinet structure defining at least one discrete space therein;
at least one drawer slidable into and out of the discrete space, the drawer having a perforated bottom surface, an air inlet and an air outlet communicating with the discrete space; and
an air moving device arranged to circulate air through the perforated bottom surface and the discrete space via the inlet and the outlet. - View Dependent Claims (45, 47, 48, 49)
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46. An integrated laundry center comprising:
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an integrated cabinet assembly defining a plurality of discrete spaces;
a washing machine at least partly housed within a washer discrete space of the cabinet assembly;
a clothes dryer at least partly housed within a dryer discrete space of the cabinet assembly; and
a supplemental clothes drying system associated with a supplemental drying discrete space and having a clothes supporting device disposed within the supplemental drying discrete space and an air moving device separate from the clothes dryer that can circulate air through the supplemental drying discrete space.
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50. An integrated laundry center comprising:
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an integrated cabinet assembly defining a plurality of discrete spaces;
a washing machine at least partly housed within a washer discrete space of the cabinet assembly;
a clothes dryer at least partly housed within a dryer discrete space of the cabinet assembly; and
a control system having a user interface operable by a user to control operation parameters of the washing machine, the clothes dryer and other functions of the integrated laundry center. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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57. A method of designing an integrated laundry center, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a database containing information on at least a plurality of optional laundry center functional modules, optional module decorative features, and optional equipment;
accessing the database;
displaying the optional functional modules, decorative features, and equipment;
selecting desired ones of the functional modules, decorative features, and equipment; and
specifying a desired arrangement for the selected modules, decorative features, and equipment.
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Specification