Patent ID: 8152207

Claim:
A lock for a movable closing element, the lock comprising: a closing hook selectively engageable with, and disengageable from, the movable closing element, the closing hook being engageable with the movable closing element in connection with a movement of the movable closing element into a closing position in which the movable closing element, operating especially as a door, a cover, a flap, or similar access opening closing element, closes off an access opening of a structure, especially a structure in the form of a domestic appliance such as a dishwasher, a washing machine, a refrigerator, and the closing hook being disengageable from the movable closing element in connection with a movement of the movable closing element into an opening position in which the movable closing element permits access via the access opening into the structure; means forming a cavity in the movable closing element, the closing hook being disposable in the cavity in the movable closing element; a sliding carriage movable between a carriage locking position and a carriage unlocking position, wherein the sliding carriage has a cavity, wherein the closing hook is mounted in the cavity of the sliding carriage, and wherein the closing hook is movable linearly within the cavity of the sliding carriage and in a direction transverse to the sliding carriage such that the closing hook is selectively engageable with, and disengageable from, the movable closing element; and a rotary door latch that cooperates with the movable closing element and with a lever to actuate movement of the sliding carriage between the carriage locking position and the carriage unlocking position.