Patent ID: 8377230
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: A47L,E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A domestic appliance comprising: a.) a container defining a top and a treatment compartment for receiving therein an item to be handled by the domestic appliance, the treatment compartment especially being in the form of a treatment compartment of a dishwasher; b.) means forming an access opening through which access can be had to an item received by the treatment compartment; c.) an access blocking element, the access blocking element having a closure engagement section, the closure engagement section having a first section extending downwardly toward its lowest point and a second section opposite the first section extending downwardly toward its lowest point, and wherein at least one of the first section and the second section adjoins rounded sections in the peripheral direction within the closure engagement section; and d.) a closing member selectively engageable with, and disengageable from, the closure engagement section of the access blocking element, the closing member being engageable with the closure engagement section of the access blocking element in connection with a movement of the access blocking element into a closing position in which the access blocking element, operating especially as a door, a cover, a flap, or similar access opening access blocking element, closes off the access opening of the treatment compartment, and the closing member being disengageable from the closure engagement section of the access blocking element to permit a movement of the access blocking element into an opening position in which the access blocking element permits access via the access opening into the treatment compartment, and the closure engagement section of the access blocking element being molded into the access blocking element, the closing member being mounted to the top of the container at a position in general vertical alignment with the closure engagement section when the access blocking element is in the closing position.