Patent ID: 7862132

Claim:
A dishwasher, comprising: a door pivotably attached to a body and having a counterbalance assembly coupled therebetween for facilitating pivoting of the door, wherein the counterbalance assembly comprises: a biasing member coupled to the body; a flexible element coupled to the door and serially engaged with the biasing member; and a guide member coupled to the body and including a fixed arcuate member defining a first guide track, and a pulley rotatable about an axis and defining a second guide track, wherein the flexible element is at least partially wrapped about each of the fixed arcuate member and the pulley so as to serially engage the first and second guide tracks, wherein the first guide track of the fixed arcuate member is offset from the second guide track of the pulley along the axis thereof, and wherein the fixed arcuate member is offset laterally outward from the body along the axis of the pulley such that the second guide track of the pulley is positioned closer to the body than the first guide track of the fixed arcuate member.