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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Ho-sung Jang, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Chang-woo Son, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Gil-yong Lee, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Yong-min Jeon, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Han-ki Cho, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Ho-Sung Jang, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Chang-Woo Son, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Gil-Yong Lee, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Yong-Min Jeon, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Han-Ki Cho, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a button for a control panel assembly and a clothes handling apparatus having the same. In a control panel assembly comprising a control panel having button holes to mount a plurality of buttons and a display window, at least one of the buttons comprises a pressing portion having an optical diffusion portion for diffusing light occurring from a light source disposed at a back of the buttons; a mounting portion for fixing the buttons to a back of the control panel; and a supporting portion for connecting the pressing portion and the mounting portion to each other, and providing an elastic force to the pressing portion. According to this configuration, a larger amount of light occurring from the light source is emitted to a front of the buttons, and a user's convenience is enhanced.