Patent ID: 9556549
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: D06F

Claim:
1. A washing machine for treating laundry according to at least one automatic cycle of operation, comprising: a basket having a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall to at least partially define a treating chamber with an open top, with the basket rotatable about a first rotational axis; a clothes mover located within the treating chamber, proximate the bottom wall, and having a base with a centrally located hub concentric with a second rotational axis about which the clothes mover reciprocally rotates; a plurality of non-flexible vanes having an upper surface and extending upwardly from the base and extending away from the hub; and a plurality of flexible vanes having an elongated body extending away from the hub and projecting upwardly from the upper surface, wherein each of the plurality of flexible vanes includes a flexible body portion having a first end proximate the hub and a second end, opposite the first end, and a flexible tip extending away from the flexible body portion; wherein the flexible vanes flex about a first flex axis defined by the flexible body portion and a second flex axis defined by the flexible tip, and wherein the first flex axis and second flex axis are not parallel to either of the first and second rotational axes.