Patent ID: 7581414

Claim:
A door for a washing machine or a dryer comprising: a frame having a system for opening/closing an opening provided for introducing laundry into the washing machine or the dryer; and a hinge assembly including: first and second brackets attached to an inside surface of the washing machine or the dryer, the first and second brackets having a hole at an end thereof for pass through engagement with a hinge shaft, and first and second hinge arms having a first member, the first member having a hole at an end for pass through engagement with the same hinge shaft to be rotatably connected to an end of the first and second brackets, and a second member extended in succession to the first member and rotatably connected to the frame for being drawn to an outside of the washing machine or the dryer, thereby enabling the door to be rotated relative to the first and second brackets and first and second hinge arms respectively, so as to be opened at an obtuse angle, and a rib extended from the second member in a direction defined along a rotational axis of the hinge shaft, for reinforcing the strength of the second member, wherein the second member is formed of a bar member having a width smaller than the first member and the rib is extended from the bar member, and wherein bar member of the second member of the first hinge arm and a bar member of a second member of the second hinge arm are spaced away outwardly from longitudinal center lines of the first members of the first and second hinge arms, and the first hinge arm and the second hinge arm have ribs with widths different from each other.