Patent ID: 7802855

Claim:
A front face for an appliance comprising one of a washing machine and a clothes dryer, said front face comprising: a door panel defining a first opening for accessing an interior of the one of the washing machine and the clothes dryer; a door frame coupled to said door panel, said door frame defining a second opening aligned with and complementary in shape to said first opening, a center of said door frame at a center of the second opening, a radius of said door frame extending from the center of said door frame; a first transparent window mounted within said second opening, said first transparent window enabling viewing of the interior of the one of the washing machine and the clothes dryer; and a door handle comprising a handle body having an inner surface, an outer surface, a front surface, a rear surface, and two end portions, a first portion of said door handle formed integrally as one piece with said door frame and extending between said two end portions and a second portion coupled to said first portion to form said handle body, said handle body extending radially inwardly with respect to the radius of said door frame from said two end portions toward a mid point of said handle body such that said handle body is adjacent to and overlapping said first transparent window, said handle body defining an access opening between said inner surface of said handle body and said door frame.