Laundry treating appliance and method of control

Abstract

A laundry treating appliance having a cabinet defining an interior of the laundry treating appliance. The laundry treating appliance also having a treating chamber located within the interior and having an access opening and a door movably mounted to the cabinet between opened and closed positions to selectively open/close the access opening. A door stop assembly carried by one of the cabinet and door and operable between a non-venting position, where the door is movable between the opened and closed positions, and a venting position, where the door is prevented from moving to the closed position.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A laundry treating appliance comprising:
 a cabinet defining an interior of the laundry treating appliance;   a treating chamber located within the interior and having an access opening;   a door movably mounted to the cabinet between at least open, venting, and closed positions;   a door stop assembly comprising a door stop carried by the cabinet moveable between at least a venting position where the door is maintained ajar and a non-venting position where the door is in a closed position;   the door stop assembly operable to engage the door in the venting position and automatically move the door to the closed position in response to a user input.   
     
     
         2 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 1  wherein the user input is based on a user selection of one of power on, cycle select, or start. 
     
     
         3 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 2  further comprising a user interface and having the user input operably coupled to the door stop assembly. 
     
     
         4 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 1  wherein the door stop assembly is automatically activated at the end of a wash cycle. 
     
     
         5 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 1  further comprising a door catch carried by the door and a latch carried by one of the cabinet or door stop assembly and engaging the door catch when the door is closed. 
     
     
         6 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 5  wherein when the door catch is engaged with the latch, the door stop is in a retracted position. 
     
     
         7 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 1  further comprising an actuator and a door stop operably coupled to the actuator. 
     
     
         8 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 7  wherein the actuator moves the door stop between a retracted position, corresponding to the non-venting position, and an extended position, corresponding to the venting position. 
     
     
         9 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 8  wherein movement between the redacted position and extended position occurs based automatically. 
     
     
         10 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 9  wherein movement between the redacted position and extended position occurs at the end of a wash cycle. 
     
     
         11 . A laundry treating appliance comprising:
 a cabinet defining an interior;   a treating chamber located within the interior and having an access opening;   a door comprising a catch and movably mounted to the cabinet between at least open, venting, and closed positions to selectively open, vent, and close the access opening; and   a door stop carried by the cabinet and operable between an extended position that prevents the door from moving to a closed position, and a retracted position that maintains the door in the closed position;   wherein the door stop is operable to engage the catch and move the door from the venting position to the closed position automatically in response to user initiation of a cycle of operation.   
     
     
         12 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 11  further comprising a user interface and having the user input operably coupled to the door stop assembly. 
     
     
         13 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 12  wherein the door stop is automatically activated at the end of a wash cycle. 
     
     
         14 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 12  wherein movement between the redacted position and extended position occurs based automatically. 
     
     
         15 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 12  further comprising a latch carried by one of the cabinet or door stop assembly and wherein when the door catch is engaged with the latch when the door stop is in the retracted position. 
     
     
         16 . The laundry treating appliance of  claim 12  further comprising an actuator operably coupled to the door stop. 
     
     
         17 . A method of preventing closing of an appliance door relative to a cabinet during non-operation of the appliance, the method comprising the step of automatically moving a door stop assembly from a non-venting position, where the door is in a closed position, to a venting position, where the door is prevented from moving to the closed position, upon the movement of the door from the closed position to the venting position. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the door stop assembly moves from the non-venting to venting position in response to ending of a wash cycle. 
     
     
         19 . A method of closing an appliance door relative to a cabinet during operation of the appliance, the method comprising:
 receiving a user input at a controller of the appliance;   in response to the received user input by the controller, activating a door stop assembly to move a door stop from an extended position, where the door is prevented from moving to a closed position to a retracted position, where the door is in a closed position, whereby activation of the door stop assembly causes the door stop to engage a catch on the door moving the door to the closed position.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  wherein the user input is based on a user selection of one of power on, cycle select, or start.