Patent ID: 8113248

Claim:
An appliance comprising: a compartment; a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the compartment; a dispenser that is positioned on a surface of the door and that is configured to dispense content through a dispenser outlet; and a button tray composite device that includes: a moveable receiving tray portion that is configured to move, at least partially toward and away from the door surface, in response to application of force against the moveable receiving tray portion; a dispenser control mechanism configured to respond to repositioning of the moveable receiving tray portion by affecting an amount of content dispensed through the dispenser outlet; and a tray movement control mechanism configured to move the moveable receiving tray portion away from the door surface in the absence of external force applied to the moveable receiving tray portion in a direction that is toward the door surface, and to change a position of the moveable receiving tray portion from a first position that is misaligned with the dispenser outlet in response to external force that is applied to the moveable receiving tray portion to a receiving position that is aligned with and captures content dispensed through the dispenser outlet in response to removal of external force that is applied to promote positioning of the moveable receiving tray portion in the first position.