Patent ID: 8651535

Claim:
An electric household appliance, comprising: a receptacle for receiving items to be handled by the electric household appliance; a door permitting access to the receptacle; and a door lock for the door, the door lock having a frame located on the door with an opening for a hook, a closing member movably mounted in the frame, a closing spring disposed between the closing member and a counter-bearing in the frame, a gripping device that can be gripped and moved by a user to open the door lock, the closing member being operatively connected to the gripping device, and means for selectively blocking movement of the closing member, the means for selectively blocking movement of the closing member being selectively positionable between a first position in which the means for selectively blocking movement of the closing member blocks a movement of the closing member, whereupon the blocked movement of the closing member operates as a child safety feature and a second position in which the means for selectively blocking movement of the closing member does not block movement of the closing member, whereupon the child safety feature is deactivated.