Patent ID: 8448482

Claim:
A door hook for a door assembly of a household appliance, wherein the household appliance includes a housing having an opening for accessing an interior of the housing, a tub disposed inside the housing, the tub having a rotating drum therein for receiving laundry through the opening, the door assembly having a see-through portion for viewing into the tub, the door assembly being pivotably coupled to the housing and movable between an open position for accessing the opening of the housing and a closed position for closing the opening of the housing, the door hook comprising: a base plate having a front face and a rear face; a striker extending from the front face of the base plate; and a locating feature extending from the rear face of the base plate and directly opposite the striker, the locating feature eliminating variations in a location of the striker with respect to a door frame of the door assembly and aligning the striker on the door frame.