Patent ID: 8338767

Claim:
A home appliance comprising: a housing forming a food handling compartment, a door positioned at the front of the housing, the door being configured to rotate about a vertical axis, a hinge pin secured to the door, the hinge pin being configured to rotate with the door about the vertical axis, a crank arm extending from a first end to a second end, the first end being secured to the hinge pin, a first slider pivotably coupled to the crank arm at the second end, the first slider being constrained to move along a first horizontal axis, and a second slider pivotably coupled to the crank arm between the first end and the second end, the second slider being constrained to move along a second horizontal axis extending perpendicular to the first horizontal axis, wherein as the door rotates about the vertical axis, the crank arm acts on the first slider and the second slider to move the first slider along the first horizontal axis and the second slider along the second horizontal axis such that the vertical axis travels along an elliptical path.