Laundry dresser

• US 5,706,678 A
• Filed: 03/14/1996
• Issued: 01/13/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Meico Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Meico Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sasaki, Akihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Coe, Philip R.
• Application Number:
  US08/615,827
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 68/3 R, 68/13 R, 68/208, 134/115 R, 312/228, 312/229, 4/638
• US Class Current: 68/13.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 67/00 Chests; Dressing-tables; Medicine cabinets or the like; Cabinets characterised by the arrangement of drawers

Abstract

The laundry dresser includes (a) a dresser frame having two segments arranged horizontally; (b) a flat table plate extending horizontally over the two segments; (c) a hollow portion disposed in a first segment beneath the table plate for receiving a drum rotation-type washing machine; (d) a washbowl mounted to the dresser frame; and (e) a drain pipe having (i) an upright portion rotatable around a vertical axis thereof, and (ii) a slightly slanting, horizontal portion connected to a lower end of the upright portion and having an exit opening at a lower end thereof, the direction and length of the horizontal portion being determined such that the exit opening of the horizontal portion is fitted into a drain opening of a floor, the drain pipe receiving a drain hose of the washing machine and a drain hose of the washbowl through the upper opening to allow drainage from the washing machine and the washbowl to flow into the drain opening.

Claims

1. A laundry dresser comprising;

(a) a substantially integral dresser frame having at least two segments arranged horizontally;

(b) a substantially flat table plate extending horizontally over said at least two segments;

(c) a hollow portion disposed in a first segment beneath said table plate for receiving a drum rotation-type washing machine;

(d) a washbowl integrally mounted to said dresser frame with its upper fringe substantially co-planar with said table plate in a second segment; and

(e) a drain pipe having (i) a substantially upright portion having an upper opening and being rotatable around a vertical axis thereof, and (ii) a slightly slanting, substantially horizontal portion connected to a lower end of said upright portion and extending to a drain opening at a lower end thereof, the direction and length of said horizontal portion being determined such that said exit opening of said horizontal portion is fitted into a drain opening of a floor, said drain pipe receiving a drain hose of said washing machine and a drain hose of said washbowl through said upper opening to allow drainage from said washing machine and said washbowl to flow into said drain opening.

2. The laundry dresser according to claim 1, wherein said first segment comprises a positioning plate lying on a floor in said first segment, said positioning plate having grooves for receiving support legs of said washing machine and extending from a front end to a point near a rear end in a depth direction, whereby the support legs of said washing machine are slidable through said grooves to a position at which said washing machine is secured.

3. The laundry dresser according to claim 2, further comprising a stopper plate disposed at a front end of said positioning plate for keeping the support legs of said washing machine from moving from the position at which said washing machine is secured.

4. The laundry dresser according to claim 3, wherein said dresser frame has a bottom plate raised from a floor surface and extends rearward with a space between a rear end of said raised bottom plate and a rear upright plate of said dresser frame in said second segment, such that said upright portion of said drain pipe is disposed in said space and that said horizontal portion of said drain pipe extends under said raised bottom plate.

5. The laundry dresser according to claim 4, further comprising a footstool composed of an upper plate, a front plate and side plates, said footstool being configured such that it is movable back and forth on a floor under said raised bottom plate, said upper plate of said footstool being inserted into a space between said raised bottom plate and said horizontal portion of said drain pipe when fitted under said raised bottom plate.

6. The laundry dresser according to claim 5, further comprising a cage received in a space between said washbowl and said raised bottom plate in said second segment.

7. The laundry dresser according to claim 2, wherein said dresser frame has a bottom plate raised from a floor surface and extends rearward with a space between a rear end of said raised bottom plate and a rear upright plate of said dresser frame in said second segment, such that said upright portion of said drain pipe is disposed in said space and that said horizontal portion of said drain pipe extends under said raised bottom plate.

8. The laundry dresser according to claim 7, further comprising a footstool composed of an upper plate, a front plate and side plates, said footstool being configured such that it is movable back and forth on a floor under said raised bottom plate, said upper plate of said footstool being inserted into a space between said raised bottom plate and said horizontal portion of said drain pipe when fitted under said raised bottom plate.

9. The laundry dresser according to claim 8, further comprising a cage received in a space between said washbowl and said raised bottom plate in said second segment.

10. The laundry dresser according to claim 1, wherein said dresser frame has a bottom plate raised from a floor surface and extends rearward with a space between a rear end of said raised bottom plate and a rear upright plate of said dresser frame in said second segment, such that said upright portion of said drain pipe is disposed in said space and that said horizontal portion of said drain pipe extends under said raised bottom plate.

11. The laundry dresser according to claim 10, further comprising a footstool composed of an upper plate, a front plate and side plates, said footstool being configured such that it is movable back and forth on a floor under said raised bottom plate, said upper plate of said footstool being inserted into a space between said raised bottom plate and said horizontal portion of said drain pipe when fitted under said raised bottom plate.

12. The laundry dresser according to claim 11, further comprising a cage received in a space between said washbowl and said raised bottom plate in said second segment.