Patent ID: 8558143

Claim:
A group of domestic appliances mounted next to each other and substantially similarly oriented, each domestic appliance including a door having a plurality of operator control elements, the group of domestic appliances comprising at least two domestic appliances and wherein the plurality of operator control elements is duplicated in the at least two of domestic appliances, and wherein the plurality of operator control elements are arranged on each door of the domestic appliances such that a first set of the plurality of operator control elements is mutually matched with a second set of the plurality of operator control elements, wherein the first set being mutually matched with the second set includes the first set being one of symmetrically arranged, adjacently arranged, and arranged in a minor image with respect to the second set, wherein the domestic appliances are mounted laterally next to each other, wherein the respective sets of operator control elements are arranged only on adjacent lateral areas of each door, and wherein the respective sets of operator control elements are vertically centered with respect to a height of each door.