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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Rolf Schuck, New Bern, NC (US);
Oliver Schöne, New Bern, NC (US);
Rolf Schuck, New Bern, NC (US);
Oliver Schöne, New Bern, NC (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A door hook for a door assembly of a household appliance, wherein the household appliance includes a housing having an opening for accessing an interior of the housing, a tub disposed inside the housing, the tub having a rotating drum therein for receiving laundry through the opening, the door assembly having a see-through portion for viewing into the tub, the door assembly being pivotably coupled to the housing and movable between an open position for accessing the opening of the housing and a closed position for closing the opening of the housing, the door hook including a base plate having a front face and a rear face, a striker extending from the front face of the base plate, and a locating feature extending from the rear face of the base plate.