Microwave oven door aligning assembly

Claim 1

A microwave oven having a cabinet with top, bottom, rear and side walls defining an oven cavity with an opening in the front face thereof, a door movably mounted to said cabinet by hinges for selectively closing said opening, electrically operable microwave energy generating means for supplying microwave energy to said cavity, and an electrically operable circuit including switch means for providing electric power from an external source to said electrically operable microwave energy generating means, and a door aligning assembly for properly maintaining the door in parallel alignment relative to the top and bottom cabinet walls, the improvement comprising: a centering prong rigidly mounted on the door and projecting beyond the inside surface of the door, an opening in the front face remote from the door hinges, a clip mounted to the oven behind the front face, said clip having an opening in alignment with the front face opening, a centering prong receiving receptacle having a rigid square body portion removably inserted in the clip opening and means to secure the receptacle to the clip, said receptacle having a square opening to receive the centering prong which opening is offset from the center of the receptacle such that two opposite sides of the opening are equal distance from the center and the other two opposite sides of the opening are of unequal distance from the center.