Patent ID: 8740320

Claim:
A dishwasher comprising: a compartment to hold items to be washed and/or dried, the compartment including a front opening; a closure device to sealingly close the opening, the closure device being movable between open and closed positions, and comprising a one piece shell with a substantially U-shaped front profile with upstanding arm portions that are not connected by the one piece shell along an upper edge of the upstanding arm portion; and an insert having a front side with a portion that is flush or substantially flush with a front face of the closure device, the insert including a recessed handle that is inwardly recessed into the front face of the closure device, the handle being elongated in a horizontal sense and to such an extent that the handle and a release mechanism are accessible by a user when standing at a position laterally adjacent the dishwasher, wherein a width of the handle spans a majority of a width of the closure device and a portion of the release mechanism that is accessible by the user spans the majority of the width of the closure device.