Combination washer/dryer laundry basket

Abstract

The combination washer/dryer laundry basket is adapted to fit the drums of a clothes washer and dryer in order to hold clothes while they are being washed and dried, and for removing the clothes from the clothes dryer after drying. The combination washer/dryer laundry basket has a cylindrical, mesh body member, channels extending axially along the body member, a pair of handles, and locking tabs. The body member is dimensioned to fit snugly within the drums of the clothes washer and dryer, and each of the channels is dimensioned and configured to closely receive a flange from the drum of the washer and dryer. Each handle extends inwardly from the rim of the body member opposite one of the locking tabs that removably secures the basket in the drums.

1 . A combination washer/dryer laundry basket, comprising: 
 a cylindrical, mesh body member having a closed bottom end and an open top end defining a rim, the body member being dimensioned and configured to alternately fit snugly within a drum of a clothes washer and within a drum of a clothes dryer;    at least one channel extending axially along the body member, the channel extending from the bottom end of the body member toward the top end of the body member, the channel defining a keyway adapted for alternately receiving a member projecting from the drum of the clothes washer and a member projecting from the drum of the clothes dryer;    a pair of handles extending inwardly from the rim of the body member; and    at least one locking tab extendable outwardly from the rim of the body member for alternately securing the body member in the drum of the clothes washer and in the drum of the clothes dryer.