Patent ID: 11940202
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F  E | IPC E  F

Claim 11:
12. A hinge for an appliance, the appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the appliance comprising a cabinet and a door, the hinge rotatably coupling the door to the cabinet, the hinge comprising:
a first hinge arm fixed to one of the door and the cabinet;
a second hinge arm pivotably joined with the first hinge arm; and
a carrier fixed to the other of the door and the cabinet, the second hinge arm releasably received in the carrier,
a tether cable extending between a first end and a second end, the first end of the tether cable fixed to the second hinge arm, the second end of the tether cable removably attached to a surface inside the appliance,
wherein the tether cable configured such that the door may be detachable from the cabinet when the second end of the tether cable becomes detached from the surface inside the appliance.