Patent ID: 7770985
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: E06B,F24C,F25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A kitchen appliance comprising: a support body; a compartment supported by the support body, said compartment having a frontal opening; a door supported by the support body and shiftable relative to the compartment so as to selectively close the frontal opening, said door including a main body panel having a top edge section, a bottom edge section and opposing side edge sections that define an inner panel portion and an outer panel portion; a plurality of mounting members spaced about the outer panel portion of the door inward from the top, bottom and opposing side edge sections; and a glass panel assembly including a glass panel and a plurality of mounting elements, said plurality of mounting elements being adhesively secured to the glass panel and inter-engaging with the plurality of mounting members such that the glass panel is mounted to the door with the glass panel being spaced from, yet substantially, completely covering, the outer panel portion wherein, when the kitchen appliance is normally viewed, neither the plurality of mounting elements nor the plurality of mounting members is exposed such that the glass panel appears to float relative to the door.