Patent ID: 7814897

Claim:
A cooking appliance comprising: a frame; an oven cavity mounted to the frame, said oven cavity including top, bottom, rear and opposing side walls that collectively define a frontal opening; first and second doors pivotally mounted relative to the frame about respective, substantially vertical axes for selectively closing the frontal opening of the oven cavity; and a door linkage system interconnecting each of the first and second doors with the frame for synchronized pivotal movement of the doors relative to the frame, said door linkage system including: a first control arm having a first end pivotally mounted to the first door and a second end; a second control arm having a first end pivotally mounted to the second door and a second end; a support member fixed relative to the frame; a linkage control arm having a first end pivotally mounted to the support member and a second end pivotally interconnected to the second end of each of the first and second control arms; at least one cam follower mounted for pivotal movement relative to the frame; and a spring element biasing the at least one cam follower against a camming surface defined by at least one of the first control arm, the second control arm and the support member, wherein the first and second doors are pivotable between open and closed positions about the substantially vertical axes and pivoting of either of the first and second doors causes a controlled, synchronized pivoting of the other of the first and second doors through the door linkage system.