Cooking appliance having a support rack
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsFabio Bianchi, Massimiliano Frontini
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber defined by opposing side walls. A respective pair of mounting blocks are affixed to each of the side walls. The mounting blocks define respective first slots extending vertically, and second slots extending horizontally. A first support rack is coupled to the pair of mounting blocks on one side wall via insertion into the respective first and second slots, and a second support rack is coupled to the pair of mounting blocks on the other side wall via insertion into the respective first and second slots. A shelf can extend between, and be supported by, the first and second support racks.
Claims20
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooking chamber defined in part by an opposingly spaced first side wall and second side wall, the cooking chamber defining a vertical direction, a first horizontal direction, and a second horizontal direction, the cooking chamber defining an access opening;
- a first mounting block and a second mounting block affixed to the first side wall within the cooking chamber and spaced from each other in the first horizontal direction, the first and second mounting blocks each having a respective body portion defining a respective first slot, longitudinally extending in the vertical direction to define a first length and a respective second slot longitudinally extending in the first horizontal direction to define a second length;
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- a first support rack coupleable to the first and second mounting blocks, the first support rack including a first horizontal rail member longitudinally extending in the first horizontal direction from a first end to an opposing second end, a first vertical rail member coupled to the first horizontal rail member at the first end longitudinally extending in the vertical direction, and a second vertical rail member coupled to the first horizontal rail member at the second end, longitudinally extending in the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.