CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(a), this application claims the benefit of an earlier filing date of and the right of priority to Korean Patent Applications No. 10-2019-0014064, filed in Korea on Feb. 1, 2019, No. 10-2019-0058238, filed in Korea on May 17, 2019 and No. 10-2019-0127330, filed in Korea on Oct. 14, 2019, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

1. Field

A laundry treating apparatus having a hook fastening structure of a handle provided in a door to pull the door is disclosed herein.

2. Background

In general, a laundry treating apparatus may include an apparatus having a function of washing or drying laundry or other items (hereinafter, collectively “laundry”). In addition, the laundry treating apparatus may be configured to have both a washing function and a drying function of the laundry.

The laundry treating apparatus may include a main body having a laundry inlet port, a door configured to open and close the laundry inlet port, and a laundry accommodating portion provided in the body. The door may include a door frame, a front glass attached to a front surface of the door frame, and a door window mounted on the door frame to protrude through the laundry input port. The door frame may include an outer frame disposed toward an outside of the main body, and an inner frame disposed toward an inside of the main body when the door is closed.

On the other hand, in order to pull the door when a user opens the door, it is required to provide the handle on the door frame. However, when the front glass is bonded to a front surface of the outer frame, it is difficult to provide or attach the handle to the front glass due to characteristics of the front glass which is made of a fragile glass material.

In addition, as the front glass covers a front surface of the outer frame, and the inner frame is coupled to cover a rear surface of the outer frame, an area where the handle can be provided on the outer frame is very small, and thus, an installation position of the handle is extremely limited. Therefore, there is a need for a structure for easily providing and fastening the handle on a rear surface of the inner frame having a relatively high degree of freedom of installation.

