Patent ID: 8322169

Claim:
A modular laundry system comprising: a first laundry appliance comprising a housing having a width, an upper surface and defining an interior, and configured to at least one of wash and dry fabric items; a second laundry appliance comprising a housing having a width, an upper surface and defining an interior, and configured to at least one of wash and dry fabric items; and a vertical laundry module comprising: a housing defining an interior and having an upper surface and a width less than the width of each of the first and second laundry appliances; and a stain treatment assembly comprising: a drawer mounted to the housing of the vertical laundry module for sliding movement through a front face of the housing between a stored position, within the housing, and a user position, exterior of the housing; a screen disposed on the drawer, where the screen is configured to support a fabric item in the use position; a wand extendable from the housing of the vertical laundry module for applying a stain treatment agent to the fabric item on the screen; and a cover provided on the housing of the vertical laundry module for selectively covering the wand when the wand in not extended from the housing; wherein the first laundry appliance, the second laundry appliance, and the vertical laundry module are stand-alone units arranged in a contiguous relationship to form a coherent modular system.