Laundry treating apparatus

Abstract

Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, an accommodating portion, and a control panel, the control panel includes a central portion including the output area and having straight edges with respect to the front panel, and a side portion positioned at each of two lateral ends of the central portion and having a curved edge with respect to the front panel, and a width of the control panel defined based on a width direction of the cabinet is equal to or greater than a shortest distance between one of two lateral ends of the front panel and the control panel and equal to or smaller than ½ a width of the front panel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
 a cabinet including a front panel having a first opening defined therein;   an accommodating portion disposed inside the cabinet to accommodate therein laundry;   a door disposed on the front panel and configured to open and close the first opening; and   a control panel disposed on the front panel and having an output area where a screen is output,   wherein the control panel includes:
 a central portion including the output area and having straight edges with respect to the front panel; and 
 a side portion positioned at each of two lateral ends of the central portion and having a curved edge with respect to the front panel, 
   wherein a width of the control panel defined based on a width direction of the cabinet is equal to or greater than a shortest distance between one of two lateral ends of the front panel and the control panel and equal to or smaller than ½ a width of the front panel.   
     
     
         2 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the shortest distance between the one of the two lateral ends of the front panel and the control panel is equal to or smaller than ⅓ times the width of the front panel. 
     
     
         3 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the width of the control panel is equal to or greater than ⅓ times and equal to or smaller than ½ times a width of the door. 
     
     
         4 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a height of the control panel defined based on a height direction of the cabinet is equal to or greater than ⅛ times and equal to or smaller than ⅙ times a height of the door. 
     
     
         5 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a width of the side portion is equal to or greater than 1/10 times a width of the central portion. 
     
     
         6 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a width of the output area is equal to or greater than 2 times a shortest distance between an outermost end of the side portion and the output area. 
     
     
         7 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a width of the output area is equal to or greater than ¼ times and equal to or smaller than ⅓ times a width of the door. 
     
     
         8 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a width of the output area is equal to or greater than ⅔ times a width of the central portion. 
     
     
         9 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a width of the output area is equal to or greater than ½ times and equal to or smaller than ⅔ times the width of the control panel. 
     
     
         10 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a distance between an outermost end of the output area and an outermost end of the side portion based on the width direction is equal to or smaller than 1/10 times the width of the front panel. 
     
     
         11 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a width of the output area is equal to or greater than 2 times a height of the output area defined based on a height direction of the cabinet. 
     
     
         12 . The laundry treating apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a height of the output area defined based on a height direction of the cabinet is equal to or greater than 1/10 times a height of the door.