Appliance console including a glass touch sensor control panel bordered by a one-piece plastic encapsulation

An improvement in an appliance comprising a substantially horizontally disposed first panel member, a second panel member disposed substantially along a first edge of said first panel member, means for pivoting said second panel member for movement relative to said first panel member between a first relatively upright position of said second panel member and a second position of said second panel member angularly offset from said first position toward said first panel member, at least one of said first and second panel members including a panel having a peripheral edge substantially entirely encapsulated by a peripheral frame of one-piece molded synthetic polymeric/copolymeric plastic material, and said pivoting means pivotally unites said peripheral edge of said at least one of said first and second panel members to the other of said first and second panel members.

An improvement in an appliance comprising a substantially horizontally disposed first panel member, a second panel member disposed substantially along a first edge of said first panel member, means for pivoting said second panel member for movement relative to said first panel member between a first relatively upright position of said second panel member and a second position of said second panel member angularly offset from said first position toward said first panel member, at least one of said first and second panel members including a panel having a peripheral edge substantially entirely encapsulated by a peripheral frame of one-piece molded synthetic polymeric/copolymeric plastic material, and the other of said first and second panel members includes a panel having a peripheral edge substantially entirely encapsulated by a peripheral frame of a one-piece molded synthetic polymeric/copolymeric plastic material.

An improvement in an appliance comprising a substantially horizontally disposed first panel member, a second panel member disposed substantially along a first edge of said first panel member, means for pivoting said second panel member for movement relative to said first panel member between a first relatively upright position of said second panel member and a second position of said second panel member angularly offset from said first position toward said first panel member, at least one of said first and second panel members including a panel having a peripheral edge substantially entirely encapsulated by a peripheral frame of one-piece molded synthetic polymeric/copolymeric plastic material, the other of said first and second panel members includes a panel having a peripheral edge substantially entirely encapsulated by a peripheral frame of a one-piece molded synthetic polymeric/copolymeric plastic material, and said pivoting means pivotally unites said peripheral edges to each other.

An improvement in an appliance comprising a substantially horizontally disposed panel member, a console disposed substantially along a first edge of said substantially horizontally disposed panel member, said console including front and rear housing bodies defining therebetween an interior chamber, means for securing said front and rear housing bodies to each other, said front housing body including a glass panel having a peripheral edge substantially entirely encapsulated by a peripheral frame of one-piece molded synthetic polymeric/copolyineric plastic material, and means for pivotally connecting said rear housing body for pivotal movement relative to said substantially horizontally disposed panel member between a first relatively upright position of said console and a second position of said console angularly offset from said first position toward said substantially horizontally disposed panel member and with an upper edge of said console being more closely adjacent said substantially horizontally disposed panel member in said second position than in said first position.

An improvement in an appliance comprising a substantially horizontally disposed panel member, a console disposed substantially along a first edge of said substantially horizontally disposed panel member, said console including an uppermost edge and front and rear housing bodies defining therebetween an interior chamber, and means for pivotally connecting said rear housing body for pivotal movement relative to said substantially horizontally disposed panel member between a first relatively upright position of said console and a second position of said console angularly offset from said first position toward said substantially horizontally disposed panel member and with said upper edge of said console being more closely adjacent said substantially horizontally disposed panel member in said second position than in said first position.