Building structure having improved household laundry functions

摘要

Structural elements and features are provided to significantly reduce the time and effort required in the household laundry process of collecting dirty laundry, washing, drying, hanging, and storing laundry. These same structural elements improve the quality of the laundry output. A reduction in time and effort is accomplished by locating a laundry facility central to a plurality of rooms within the building structure and placing closets within the walls separating the laundry facility from the adjacent rooms. These closets are accessible from the laundry facility on one side and the respective room on the other. In another aspect of the invention, rooms that are not directly adjacent to the laundry facility may be located on a hallway common to the laundry facility and the non-adjacent rooms. The walls dividing the non-adjacent rooms from the common hallway may likewise include closets that are accessible from the common hallway on one side and the respective room on the other. In a variation of the present invention the laundry facility is combined with the hallway. Most of the rooms where the laundry will be used are adjacent to the laundry facility/hallway combinations. The walls dividing the rooms from the hallway may likewise include closets that are accessible from the hallway on one side and the respective room on the other.

主权项

1. A building structure providing for improved laundry functions comprising:
a laundry facility having a washing machine for washing clothes; a plurality of dual access closets, each of which having first and second accessible sides, wherein said first accessible side of each of said plurality of dual access closets opens directly to said laundry facility; and a plurality of rooms, wherein said second accessible side of each of said plurality of dual access closets opens directly to a respective one of said plurality of rooms: wherein laundry items may be added and removed from either accessible side of each dual access closet.