Patent ID: 7216944

Claim:
An outer door panel for an appliance door assembly, said outer door panel having a longitudinal axis and comprising: a frame comprising opposite lateral sides, a top edge, and a bottom edge; an outer surface extending from said frame, said outer surface outwardly curved between said lateral sides, said outwardly curved outer surface extending from said top to said bottom edges; and a recessed control mounting surface comprising a bottom side and an opposing top side, said recessed control mounting surface extending inwardly and upwardly with respect to said longitudinal axis from said outer surface at said bottom side between said lateral sides, said top side positioned a distance from said top edge, a portion of said outer surface extending between said top side and said top edge of said frame, at a vertical line defined on said outer surface parallel to the longitudinal axis, said top side extending outwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis a first distance and said bottom side extending outwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis a second distance substantially equal to said first distance.