Patent ID: 7870753
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: F25D,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electrical appliance for performing a household task by conducting a useful cycle of operation on a consumer item, the appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a chamber for selectively containing the consumer item and performing the household task, the cabinet having vertically-oriented open face providing access to the chamber to add and remove the consumer item; a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet to selectively close the open face and having a front surface defining a first plane and a topmost edge defining a second plane different than the first plane and movably mounted to the cabinet for selectively closing the open face; at least one electrical service supplied by the appliance; and a standardized service interface comprising: wherein the at least one electrical connector supplies the at least one electrical service to the device when the device is coupled to the at least one electrical connector.