Patent ID: 7445005

Claim:
A household appliance door to be mounted pivotally about a hinge pin, the door comprising: a door body configured to pivot at the hinge pin about a hinge pin axis for rotational movement between a closed disposition and an open disposition, said door body having: a bearing housing extending in an axial direction along an entirety of said door body; a door handle disposed for partial rotation in said bearing housing about a door handle axis disposed parallel to the hinge pin axis; and at least one control mechanism operatively connected to said door handle such that, during a rotational movement of said door body between said open and said closed dispositions wherein said door body moves in a first rotational direction said at least one control mechanism moves said door handle in a second rotational direction opposite said first rotational direction to maintain said door handle in a generally horizontal disposition as said door body is moved between said open and said closed dispositions.