US 12,167,821 B2
Dish washer
Dong Hwi Park, Seoul (KR); Kyung Rae Kim, Seoul (KR); and Myungwon Ko, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,710.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0110409 (KR), filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068193 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4272 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher, comprising:
a case;
a tub that is accommodated in the case and defines a wash space, the tub having a front surface that is open; and
a front upper frame that is disposed above an upper surface of the tub and supports an upper end of the front surface of the tub, the front upper frame comprising:
a horizontal extension that is coupled to the upper surface of the tub and extends across the tub in a left-right direction,
a first perpendicular extension that extends downward from a left end portion of the horizontal extension, and
a second perpendicular extension that extends downward from a right end portion of the horizontal extension,
wherein the horizontal extension comprises a base plate that has a flat plate shape and is attached to the upper surface of the tub, wherein a front-rear width of the base plate is less than a left-right length of the base plate,
wherein the base plate comprises:
a mid plate disposed between the left end portion of the horizontal extension and the right end portion of the horizontal extension, and
a side plate disposed between the mid plate and the left end portion of the horizontal extension or disposed between the mid plate and the right end portion of the horizontal extension,
wherein the front-rear width of the base plate includes (i) a first width that is defined by and maintained along the mid plate and (ii) a second width that is defined by and maintained along the side plate, and
wherein the first width is greater than the second width.