FREESTANDING APPLIANCE WITH BREAK-OPEN DOOR

摘要

A freestanding appliance such as a portable dishwasher having a swing-down access door has means which resists opening of the door beyond its normally open horizontal position and which yields when a downward force is imposed upon the door which exceeds that downward force imposed upon the door in its normal use and which would tend to cause the appliance to tip but for the yielding, which permits the door to swing down until stopped by the floor.