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Samsung patents stacked laundry machines with sliding legs

Samsung has filed a patent for a system that stacks two laundry appliances, such as a washer and dryer, to save space. The design uses a sliding guide on the top unit and a leg on the bottom unit that slides into place to lock the two machines together securely.

Why it mattersThis design aims to make stacking laundry machines easier and more stable, which is useful for people with limited space in their homes.

In the filing’s own words

A clothes treating system including a first clothes treating apparatus including a first housing, and the first housing including a sliding guide portion on an upper surface of the first housing, and a leg seating portion at an end of the sliding guide portion; and a second clothes treating apparatus including a second housing, and the second housing including a leg on a rear side of a lower surface of the second housing. The first clothes treating apparatus and the second clothes treating apparatus are configured so that the leg is slidable along the sliding guide portion to seat the leg on the leg seating portion with a lower surface of the leg being below the upper surface of the first housing, to couple the second clothes treating apparatus to the first clothes treating apparatus with the second clothes treating apparatus above the first clothes treating apparatus.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1 - 6. (canceled)

Facts

Company: Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title: CLOTHES TREATING SYSTEM
Publication number: US20260286590A1
Application number: 19689528
Filed: May 27, 2026
Published: Sep 24, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 11

Classified under

D06F 29/005 Textiles & paperD06F 39/125 Textiles & paperD06F 58/20 Textiles & paper

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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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