Patent ID: 8783801

Claim:
A household appliance ( 1 ) comprising: a cabinet ( 17 ), a door ( 2 ) mounted on the cabinet ( 17 ) and allowing access into the cabinet ( 17 ), a glass panel ( 4 ) mounted on the door ( 2 ) and having an inner surface ( 5 ) and a decorative outer surface ( 6 ), a frame ( 7 ) adhered on the inner surface ( 5 ) of the glass panel ( 4 ) and a control panel mounted to a box shaped cover ( 8 ) and secured to the frame ( 7 ) so the control panel ( 3 ) is kept between the box shaped cover ( 8 ) and the inner surface ( 5 ) of the glass panel ( 4 ) wherein the control panel enables various parameters to be changed and adjust and/or monitor various functions of the household appliance; wherein a plurality of locking elements ( 9 ) are disposed oppositely on the frame ( 7 ) and the cover ( 8 ) for mounting the frame ( 7 ) and the cover ( 8 ) unto each other; wherein the plurality of locking elements ( 9 ) comprising clip shaped protuberances ( 10 ) arranged on the frame ( 7 ) with spaces therebetween and recesses ( 11 ) formed on a side wall of the cover ( 8 ) with spaces therebetween to coincide with the protuberances ( 10 ); further comprising a sliding surface ( 12 ) on the side wall, under each recess ( 11 ), the respective protuberance is slid on the sliding surface and seated in the recess; and further comprising two pins ( 13 ) situated on two opposite sides of the cover ( 8 ) for pivotably securing the cover ( 8 ) on the frame ( 7 ) from one side and two pin sockets ( 14 ) on two opposite sides of the frame ( 7 ), wherein the two pins ( 13 ) are seated in the pin sockets.