Patent ID: 7743762
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A cooking appliance adapted to be mounted adjacent kitchen cabinetry comprising: an oven cavity including top, bottom, rear, and opposing side walls that collectively define a frontal opening having a front face portion; at least one trim element extending along the oven cavity and having an outer surface projecting forward of the front face portion to establish a substantially smooth transition between the cooking appliance and adjacent kitchen cabinetry; and a door pivotally mounted for movement relative to the oven cavity for selectively closing the frontal opening, said door including a main body portion having a front surface, a rear surface and a peripheral edge portion, said peripheral edge portion including top, bottom and opposing side edge sections, each of said opposing side edge sections extending away from the front face portion of the oven cavity adjacent the at least one trim element, while including a laterally extended region that overlaps, at least in part, the at least one trim element, each extended region extends laterally outwardly of the oven cavity and leads to the front surface portion of the door, at least one of said extended regions including a rounded portion and is hinged adjacent the at least one trim element, with the rounded portion enabling the door to shift between open and closed positions while simultaneously enabling the door to be thin, as judged by a distance from the front surface of the door to the at least one trim element.