IP Library Granted Patent US 12,534,849
Granted Patent B2
US 12,534,849 · App. 18/743,439 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Clothing care apparatus

Inventors: Gihoon Ko (Suwon-si, KR); Jinsook Park (Suwon-si, KR); Myunggyu Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Youngsun Shin (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
D06F73/02A47F7/26A47G25/746D06F58/10D06F58/203
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Patent No.
US 12,534,849
App. No.
18/743,439
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clothes care apparatus includes a main body including a care room to accommodate clothes, a support disposed on a side wall of the care room, and a shelf frame to be detachably supported on the support and including a first side frame and a second side frame to be supported on the support and a plurality of support frames arranged between the first side frame and the second side frame to support items. The shelf frame is supported by the support, and is supported within the care room in response to coupling the shelf frame to one side wall of the care room so that the plurality of support frames is arranged to be spaced apart in an up-down direction.

Claims (38)

1 . A clothes care apparatus comprising:

a main body including a care room to accommodate clothes;

a support bar disposed on an upper side of the care room and extending between opposite side walls of the care room,

a support disposed on a side wall of the opposite side walls of the care room;

a lock disposed on the side wall of the opposite side walls of the care room, and

a shelf frame that is detachably supportable on the support, and includes:

a first side frame,

a second side frame,

a plurality of support frames between the first side frame and the second side frame, and

a hook coupled to one of the first side frame and the second side frame,

wherein the shelf frame is configured so that, when the shelf frame is supported on the support, the hook couples to the lock and is movable between

a locked position in which the hook is coupled to the lock and protrudes to an outside of the shelf frame so as to be coupled to the support bar, so that the first side frame and the second side frame are supported on the support with the plurality of support frames supported by the support bar within the care room, and the plurality of support frames are spaced apart from each other in an up-down direction, and

an accommodated position in which the hook is coupled to the lock and protrudes to an inside of the shelf frame so as not to be coupled to the support bar.

2 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the hook is on the first side frame to be and is rotatable with respect to the first side frame.

3 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the shelf frame further includes a hook accommodating groove to accommodate the hook.

4 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the first side frame includes a wire body and a hook housing connected to the wire body, and

the hook and the hook accommodating groove are in the hook housing.

5 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the lock is rotatably coupled to the support.

6 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the hook is on the first side frame, and

the second side frame includes a clamp to secure a position of clothes supported by the shelf frame.

7 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the clamp includes:

a cover rotatable with respect to the second side frame; and

a coupling plate on the second side frame to fix the clothes to the second side frame.

8 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the shelf frame further includes an open portion adjacent to front ends of the plurality of support frames.

9 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the shelf frame further comprises includes an opening and closing frame to open or close the open portion.

10 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

the opening and closing frame is movable between an opened position in which the opening and closing frame is coupled to the first side frame and the second side frame to open the open portion and a closed position in which the opening and closing frame closes the open portion.

11 . The clothes care apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the shelf frame includes a first connection frame on a front side of the plurality of support frames and a second connection frame on a rear side of the plurality of support frames,

the second connection frame is rotatable relative to the first side frame and the second side frame, and

one side of each of the plurality of support frames is connected to the second connection frame and another side of each of the plurality of support frames is detachably coupled to the first connection frame.

Assignments (1)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CHANGE APPLICATION NUMBER, REMOVE PATENT NUMBER, EXECUTION DATE, AND TITLE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 67734 FRAME: 241. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 6, 2026
From: KO, GIHOON; KIM, MYUNGGYU; SHIN, YOUNGSUN; PARK, JINSOOK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0021026 · Feb 17, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2023000135 · Jan 4, 2023
Related Publication 20240328070A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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