A closure panel and a laundry treating appliance including 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 within the interior and having a set of flaps configured to cover at least a portion of the bottom opening.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a drawer provided to be ejected from the cabinet. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a tub provided inside the drawer, providing a space where water is stored. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, providing a space where laundry is stored. The laundry treating apparatus further includes an inlet provided in the tub, inserting laundry into the drum. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a support unit provided between the tub and drum to prevent one surface of the tub having the inlet from being bent toward the drum and ejected to the outside of the tub through the inlet.

A blow molded runner having a bottom wall and a top wall forming a double wall blow molded configuration, at least one compressed double wall structure defined by fusion an inner surface of the bottom wall to an inner surface of the top wall. At least two columns spaced apart at a distance wherein each of the at least two columns defines one of the at least one compressed double wall structure and has a top surface and the compressed double wall structure corresponding to each of the at least two columns extends from the top surface to a bottom surface of the runner at the at least two columns wherein the bottom surface is defined by an outer surface of the bottom wall. A width of the runner varies along a length thereof.

Systems for shipping and operation dampening an appliance having a housing, a moveable tub member inside the housing, and a dampening portion are provided. The housing includes at least one sidewall, with the dampening portion disposed at least partially between the moveable tub member and the at least one side wall. The dampening portion includes a resilient material having at least one surface extending at least partially along the sidewall or tub member.

The present invention relates to a packing material for a laundry treatment apparatus having a casing with an entrance/exit hole through which laundry is entered and exited and an outer tub hung in the casing and having an opening through which the laundry is entered and exited, the packing material including a base part at a side of a predetermined fold line corresponding to the shape of the opening and a gap compensating part at another side of the fold line, wherein the base part is inserted into a space between the outer tub and an entrance/exit hole forming part forming the entrance/exit hole in the casing, and wherein the gap compensating part is inserted into an inside of the outer tub when the packing material is folded along the fold line.

A base for supporting a component of an appliance and a method of assembling the same, is formed from a single sheet having four opposing sides and a top of the base when erected. Two of the opposing sides include inner and outer panels that are affixed to one another to maintain the base in the erected configuration, and define an internal cavity therein for receiving the appliance component. When a force is applied to the appliance, the erected base supports the component, which may be the motor of a washing machine, within the internal cavity to inhibit movement of the component.

A laundry treatment apparatus includes a drawer. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a cabinet that is configured to receive the drawer. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a tub that is located in the drawer and that defines a space that is configured to receive water. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a drum that is located in the tub, that is configured to rotate, and that defines a space configured to receive laundry. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a spacer that is configured to maintain separation between the drawer and the cabinet, that is configured to prevent the drawer from discharging from the cabinet, and that is removable by a user from outside the cabinet while the drawer is in the cabinet.

A bracket assembly for aligning and securing an appliance with a pedestal may include a pair of appliance brackets are arranged at opposite sides on the underside of the appliance and extend from one edge of the appliance to another. The appliance bracket defines at least one opening configured to receive a shaft of the foot of the appliance and includes a lip extending downward and away from the appliance at the ends of the brackets to engage with a drip tray arranged on the pedestal.

A washing machine tub lock device is provided that prevents the wash tub from impacting the washing machine cabinet during shipping and handling. The tub lock device is formed by cutting and folding a corrugated blank into an inverted truncated rectangular cone that can be wedged inside the top portion of the washing machine tub. The tub lock device includes hanging tabs which prevent the tub lock device from falling into the wash tub during shipping and handling. The tub lock device also includes elliptical tabs which bend or deform into elliptical cutouts such that the edges of the elliptical cutouts are covered, thus preventing the elliptical cutouts from damaging the washing machine during shipping and handling.

A shipping spacer assembly is configured to be removably attached to a wash tub of a washing machine for fixing a distance between a wash tub and a cabinet of a washing machine appliance in an installed position. The shipping spacer assembly includes a bolt, a cord retention mechanism, and a grommet. The bolt includes a shaft extending along an axial direction, a head located at one end of the shaft, and a threaded portion located opposite the head in the axial direction. The cord retention mechanism is configured for receipt of a power cord. The cord retention mechanism is positioned between the head of the bolt and the rear panel in the installed position. The grommet defines a grommet cavity. The shaft is removably positioned through the grommet cavity.