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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Karnataka, IN;
David Joseph Najewicz, Prospect, KY (US);
Marc Eric Hottenroth, Louisville, KY (US);
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Karnataka, IN;
David Joseph Najewicz, Prospect, KY (US);
Marc Eric Hottenroth, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An appliance includes a chassis defining a cavity and having an opening for accessing the cavity and a door assembly joined to the chassis. The door assembly includes a door for closing access to the opening, and the door assembly further includes a door lift sub-assembly having a horizontal slide and a vertical slide. The door is coupled to one of the horizontal slide and the vertical slide. The horizontal slide is moveable between a recessed position and an extended position and is configured to move the door in a substantially horizontal direction. The vertical slide is moveable between a closed position and an open position and is configured to move the door in a substantially vertical direction.