Folding door for a cooking appliance

A cooking appliance comprising:

• one or more cooking compartments including a top, a bottom, at least two sides, and a segmented front door, wherein the segmented front door defines a front opening allowing access into the one or more cooking compartments;
• at least one heat source in fluid communication with the one or more cooking compartments;
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• the segmented front door is interconnected by a one or more first hinges horizontally orientated;
• a second hinge horizontally orientated connects the segmented front door adjacent to an outer periphery of the front opening of the one or more cooking compartments adjacent the bottom of the one or more cooking compartments;
• wherein the segmented front door vertically folds upon a portion of the segmented front door from a closed position to an open position relative to the front opening, wherein when in the closed position the segmented front door is in an extended configuration and when in the open position the segmented front door is in a folded configuration adjacent the bottom of the one or more cooking compartments;
• one or more tracks guiding the segmented front door between the closed position and the open position.

A cooking appliance comprising:

• one or more cooking compartments including a top, a bottom, at least two sides, and a front door, wherein the front door defines a front opening allowing access into the one or more cooking compartments;
• at least one heat source in fluid communication with the one or more cooking compartments;
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• the front door includes at least an upper segment and a lower segment, each of the upper segment and the lower segment having an upper edge and a lower edge;
• a first hinge hingedly connects the upper edge of the lower segment to the lower edge of the upper segment and a second hinge hingedly connects the lower edge of the lower segment adjacent to an outer periphery of the front opening of the one or more cooking compartments adjacent the bottom of the one or more cooking compartments;
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• wherein the upper segment and the lower segment vertically fold together from a closed position to an open position relative to the front opening, wherein when in the closed position the upper segment and the lower segment is in an extended configuration and when in the open position the upper segment and the lower segment is in a folded configuration adjacent the bottom of the one or more cooking compartments.

A cooking appliance comprising:

• one or more cooking compartments including a top, a bottom, at least two sides, and a front door, wherein the front door defines a front opening allowing access into the one or more cooking compartments;
• at least one heat source in fluid communication with the one or more cooking compartments;
• the front door is hingedly connected adjacent to an outer periphery of the front opening of the one or more cooking compartments adjacent the bottom of the one or more cooking compartments;
• the front door includes a plurality of segments hingedly connected to each other to fold upon each other in a vertical direction between the top and the bottom of the one or more cooking compartments;
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• wherein the front door includes an outer face and an inner face, wherein when folded to an open position the outer face of the front door is facing upwards in a direction in front of the one or more cooking compartments.

A cooking appliance comprising:

• one or more cooking compartments including a top, a bottom, at least two sides, and a segmented front door, wherein the segmented front door defines a front opening allowing access into the one or more cooking compartments;
• at least one heat source in fluid communication with the one or more cooking compartments;
• and
• the segmented front door is interconnected by a one or more first hinges horizontally orientated;
• a second hinge horizontally orientated connects the segmented front door adjacent to an outer periphery of the front opening of the one or more cooking compartments adjacent the bottom of the one or more cooking compartments;
• wherein the segmented front door vertically folds upon a portion of the segmented front door from a closed position to an open position relative to the front opening, wherein when in the closed position the segmented front door is in an extended configuration and when in the open position the segmented front door is in a folded configuration adjacent the bottom of the one or more cooking compartments;
• wherein the segmented front door includes an outer face and an inner face, wherein when in the folded configuration in the open position the outer face of the segmented front door is facing upwards in a direction in front of the one or more cooking compartments.