Dishwasher rack construction
AssigneeTraex Corporation
InventorWilliam R. Laupan
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Abstract
Dishwasher rack and extender for an automatic dishwasher has 12, 20, 30 or 42 compartments defined by a plurality of rows of adjacent hexagonal compartments with a half hexagonal compartment at the end of each row and two rows of pentagonal compartments with a half pentagonal compartment at one end. The rows of pentagonal compartments border opposite sides of the rows of hexagonal compartments and the end compartments alternate ends from row to row.
Claims22
An automatic dishwasher rack for holding glasses or cups in an automatic dishwasher of the type having side walls defining an outer rectangular shape, an open supporting grid spanning the side walls in a lower portion of the rack and an array of compartments above the supporting grid in an upper portion of the rack, said rack including:
- a plurality of adjacent rows of hexagonal compartments, each said row including a half hexagonal compartment at one end of each said row;
- a first row of pentagonal compartments along one side of said rows of hexagonal compartments;
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- a second row of pentagonal compartments along the opposite side of said rows of hexagonal compartments;
- wherein said first and second rows of pentagonal compartments each include a half pentagonal compartment at one of the ends of each said row.
An automatic dishwasher rack extender for holding glasses or cups in an automatic dishwasher, of the type having side walls defining an outer rectangular shape and an array of compartments defined within the walls, said extender including:
- a plurality of adjacent rows of hexagonal compartments, each said row including a half hexagonal compartment at one end of each said row;
- a first row of pentagonal compartments along one side of said rows of hexagonal compartments;
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- a second row of pentagonal compartments along the opposite side of said rows of hexagonal compartments;
- wherein said first and second rows of pentagonal compartments each include a half pentagonal compartment at one of the ends of each said row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.