Over the range microwave safety door

An over-the-range (OTR) microwave oven, comprising:

• a magnetron that provides radiation;
• a heating cavity comprising a cavity wall with an opening exposing the heated cavity to the radiation for cooking an item therein;
• a hood located underneath the heating cavity having an exhaust vent that ventilates air located underneath from a cooking source located therebelow;
• and
• a safety door providing access to the heating cavity for placing the item therein for heating and having a glass window that is at least partially transparent to at least partially see within the heating cavity, wherein the glass window includes a first glass layer, a plastic laminate and a first adhesion layer bonding to the plastic laminate and the first glass layer to retain glass within the door at all times during any break in the glass window.

A method for an over-the-range (OTR) oven, comprising:

• providing a safety door to the OTR oven that seals radiation generated from a magnetron within a heating cavity upon closing;
• providing a first glass layer within the door that is at least partially transparent;
• providing a second glass layer laterally adjacent the first glass layer within the door and closer to the heating cavity;
• disposing a plastic laminate to the first glass layer to retain glass within the door or within the heating cavity from the first glass layer upon a break therein occurring.