Patent ID: 8104143

Claim:
A built-in domestic appliance comprising: a furniture body of the appliance; a door; hinges mounting the door to the furniture body of the appliance for closing an opening of the furniture body of the appliance, the hinges being embodied to implement an opening and closing movement of the door; and a flexible plate element being supported on one end in the area of the door and on a second end on a side of the furniture body of the appliance such that the second end is adapted to be in a transitional area between the furniture body of the appliance and a second furniture body adjacent to the furniture body of the appliance so that the flexible plate element is adapted to cover a gap between an edge of the door and a front of the second furniture body when the door is open, the flexible plate element being adapted to cover the gap over an entire length of the gap in a direction substantially parallel to a pivot axis of one of the hinges.