Patent 9611578 was granted and assigned to Whirlpool Corporation on April, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A modular laundry system includes at least one laundry appliance and at least one laundry module below the laundry appliance. Both the laundry appliance and the laundry module have a single width. The laundry module has a height that is less than the height of the laundry appliance and performs a washing function to wash laundry.