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An appliance, such as a cooking range, a clothes dryer, a clothes washer, an oven or the like, includes a console along a rear edge of the appliance which can pivot between an upright in-use position and a lower shipping, repair and/or servicing position. The console is preferably of a two-part cons

An appliance, such as a cooking range, a clothes dryer, a clothes washer, an oven or the like, includes a console along a rear edge of the appliance which can pivot between an upright in-use position and a lower shipping, repair and/or servicing position. The console is preferably of a two-part construction including a front housing body having an integrally injection molded encapsulation or frame peripherally retaining a touch sensor control panel which can be readily accessed when the console is in its lower repair position.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] 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

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] 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 at least one of said first and second panel members is each of said first and second panel members.