Patent ID: 8347902
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: A47L,E05B

Abstract:
1. A dishwasher comprising: a tub defining a washing chamber having a number of dishwashing racks positioned therein, the tub having an access opening defined in a front thereof to permit access to the number of dishwashing racks, a door coupled to the tub, the door having a closed position in which the door prevents access to the number of dishwashing racks positioned in the washing chamber, and a hand lever pivotably coupled to the door, the lever being configured to rotate about a laterally extending axis, wherein when the door is positioned in the closed position, the rotation of the lever in a first direction about the axis advances the lever into contact with the tub such that the door is urged away from the tub, wherein the hand lever includes a body having a first end and a second end, the first end being formed as a handle sized to receive a hand of a user, wherein the axis is positioned between the first end and the second end, wherein, when the door is positioned in the closed position, the rotation of the hand lever in the first direction moves the hand lever between a first position where a surface of the first end is substantially flush with a surface of the door and a second position where the first end is rotated outward from the surface of the door, and wherein the door has a recess defined therein to receive the hand of the user when the hand lever is in the first position.