Patent ID: 7870753

Claim:
An electrical appliance for performing a household task by conducting a useful cycle of operation on a consumer item, the appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a chamber for selectively containing the consumer item and performing the household task, the cabinet having vertically-oriented open face providing access to the chamber to add and remove the consumer item; a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet to selectively close the open face and having a front surface defining a first plane and a topmost edge defining a second plane different than the first plane and movably mounted to the cabinet for selectively closing the open face; at least one electrical service supplied by the appliance; and a standardized service interface comprising: at least one mechanical communication provider located in the topmost edge for providing mechanical communication between the door and a device; and at least one electrical connector located in the topmost edge, the standardized service interface receiving the at least one electrical service and supplying the at least one electrical service to the at least one electrical connector; wherein the at least one electrical connector supplies the at least one electrical service to the device when the device is coupled to the at least one electrical connector.