Patent ID: 8020949

Claim:
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 spaced about the glass panel and inter-engaging with the plurality of mounting members such that the glass panel is mounted to the door via the inter-engagement of the plurality of mounting elements and the plurality of mounting members such that the glass panel substantially, completely covers the outer panel portion wherein, when the kitchen appliance is normally viewed, no mounting components, including the plurality of mounting elements and the plurality of mounting members, are exposed such that the glass panel appears to float relative to the door wherein the glass panel includes a plurality of edge sections which are exposed to view; wherein the glass panel includes a plurality of edge portions, said plurality of mounting elements being mounted to the glass panel spaced inward from the plurality of edge sections; wherein the plurality of mounting members are in the outer panel portion; and wherein each of the plurality of mounting members is constituted by a depressed region that establishes an opening formed in the outer panel portion, said depressed region having a central opening.