Patent ID: 8276409

Claim:
A cover assembly for an appliance, said cover assembly comprising: a glass panel having an outer surface and an inner surface and a perimeter region and a perimeter edge, said perimeter edge extending between said inner surface and said outer surface and along the periphery of said glass panel; at least one metallic attachment element bonded to said inner surface of said glass panel via a layer of cured adhesive, wherein said at least one metallic attachment element is configured for mounting to a corresponding structure of the appliance to mount said cover assembly at the appliance; wherein said layer of cured adhesive bonds said at least one metallic attachment element to said inner surface of said glass panel without exposure of said bonded metallic attachment element on said outer surface of said glass panel; a perimeter frame established around said perimeter region of said glass panel; and wherein said perimeter frame encompasses said perimeter region of said inner surface of said glass panel and encompasses said perimeter edge of said glass panel, and wherein no portion of said outer surface of said glass panel is encompassed by said perimeter frame such that said outer surface of said glass panel is generally co-planar with an outer surface of said perimeter frame along said perimeter region of said glass panel.