Patent ID: 7494197

Claim:
A cabinet for a home appliance comprising: a base panel; one pair of side panels respectively provided to side ends of the base panel, each having a plurality of holes in a front surface of a front end; a front panel provided to front ends of the base panel and the side panels, the front panel having projections mounted on a rear surface thereof for being inserted in the plurality of holes and engaged with a circumferential portion of each of the plurality of holes, respectively such that the projections are pulled toward the side panels by the circumferential portion and engage with the circumferential portion while the projections deform the circumferential portion, partially; wherein the projections have a groove for receiving the circumferential portion of the hole for engagement with the circumferential portion; wherein the circumferential portion of each of the plurality of holes is indented to lie in a plane that is offset from the surface of the front end; and a rear panel provided to rear ends of the base panel and the side panels.