Patent ID: 7357467

Claim:
A door assembly for use in a home appliance having a cabinet, the door assembly comprising: a door, having an exterior surface and an interior surface opposing the exterior surface; a door handle, affixed to said door at the exterior surface of said door adapted to manually operate, wherein the door handle comprises at least one handle base, integrally formed with said door handle, to abut against said door at the exterior surface of said door, said at least one handle base having a coupling recess; and at least one door handle coupler, fixed to said door handle and detachably coupled with said door, said at least one door handle coupler, comprising: a nut having an inner surface on which female threads are formed and an outer surface adapted to engage with the coupling recess of said at least one handle base, a bolt, having first and second ends axially disposed with respect to each other, said bolt engaging with said nut at the first end and detachably coupling with said door at the second end, wherein the first end of said bolt comprises male threads, having an axial length greater than an axial length of said nut, to receive the female threads of said nut, and the second end of said bolt comprises a bolt head adapted to stop the insertion of said nut of said at least one door handle coupler at a predetermined depth, and an anchor securing said bolt at the interior surface, wherein said door handle is affixed to said door by receiving an insertion of said nut of said at least one door handle coupler to the predetermined depth.