Patent ID: 7261100

Claim:
A household appliance, comprising: a housing defining a useful space and a door opening; a door pivotally connected to said housing and selectively closing off said door opening in a closed position thereof, said door having a guide element; a storage space disposed below said useful space and said door is displaced selectively into said storage space; and a guide system having at least one guide track for guiding said guide element of said door during a movement of said door from said closed position into said storage space and means forming a pivot axis about which said door pivots relative to said storage space, said door being movably mounted relative to said means forming a pivot axis for both translational movement and pivotal movement relative thereto and said guide system and said door being disposed relative to one another such that said door simultaneously translationally moves relative to said pivot axis and pivots relative to said pivot axis at least during an initial movement of said door between said closed position into said storage space with said guide element of said door being guided by said at least one guide track during said initial movement of said door in a manner that causes the spacing between said pivot axis and said guide element of said door to change from a closed door spacing in which said guide element of said door is at a given spacing from said pivot axis to an intermediate movement spacing in which said guide element of said door is at a spacing from said pivot axis less than said given spacing, whereupon said door is correspondingly translationally displaced relative to said pivot axis, and with said door pivoting relatively about said pivot axis.