Rack assembly
AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsSteven M. Swayne, Stephanie Phillips, Brendan McGinnis, Andrew Worley
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Abstract
A rack assembly is mountable within a cooking cavity of an appliance. The rack assembly includes a slide rack defining a well opening and configured to removably support a rack insert in or through said well opening. A telescoping slide is coupled to said slide rack such that said slide rack is slidable between a fully retracted position and a forward position relative to said cooking cavity when mounted therein.
Claims21
A rack assembly that is mountable within a cooking cavity of an appliance, the rack assembly comprising:
- a slide rack defining a well opening and configured to removably support a rack insert in or through said well opening;
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- a telescoping slide coupled to said slide rack such that said slide rack is slidable between a fully retracted position and a forward position relative to said cooking cavity when mounted therein.
A method of manufacturing cooking appliances, comprising:
- supplying a first cooking appliance having a first cooking cavity with first horizontal dimensions;
- supplying a second cooking appliance having a second cooking cavity with second horizontal dimensions smaller than the first horizontal dimensions;
- supplying a rack assembly for the first cooking appliance, said rack assembly being configured to be mounted in said first cooking cavity and comprising a slide rack that defines a well opening therein and is configured to removably support a rack insert in or through said well opening, the slide rack having slide rack dimensions that approximate said first horizontal dimensions;
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- supplying a plurality of said rack inserts, identical to one another, having insert dimensions that approximate the second horizontal dimensions of the second cooking appliance as well as well opening dimensions of the well opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.