Patent ID: 11930984
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  E | IPC A  E

Claim 18:
19. A dishwashing appliance defining a wash chamber and a mutually-orthogonal vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction, the dishwashing appliance comprising:
a support leg;
a tub defining a front opening;
a door rotatably positioned at the front opening and providing selective access to the wash chamber;
a guide wheel rotatably mounted to the dishwashing appliance;
a spring linkage biasing the door toward a closed position, the spring linkage extending from a first end to a second end, the second end including a fastener selectively attached to the door, the spring linkage being disposed along a bottom portion of the guide wheel; and
a bent linkage latch extending laterally and opposite of the wash chamber at one of a pair of opposing lateral sides below the door along the vertical direction, the bent linkage latch defining a vertically open latch channel to selectively receive the spring linkage when the fastener is detached from the door,
wherein the spring linkage defines a recess notch complementary to the vertically open latch channel to be received therein.