US 4,589,556 AGranted

Holder assembly for stemmed glassware and like objects

OwnerSteven I. Peretzinventor

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Abstract

A holder assembly specifically designed to removably mount one or more long stemmed articles such as stemmed glassware on a conventional dish supporting rack of a dishwasher in a manner such that the stemmed article will not be inadvertently dislodged from the holder assembly during force applied thereto by jets of water during the cleaning operation. A base is dimensioned and configured to support one or more gripping assemblies through interconnection of stanchion elements such that the gripping assemblies are disposed above the base and the rack on which they are mounted. Each one or more of the gripping assemblies is structured to removably engage, in a clamp-like manner, the base of the stemmed article. The article is thereby oriented in an inverted, preferred position which exposes the interior of the glass as well as other portions thereof to the cleansing jets of water being dispersed on the interior of the conventional dishwasher.

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Dependent claims

A holder assembly for a stemmed object such as glassware and like articles, primarily designed to secure the article in a dishwasher in a preferred orientation for cleaning thereof, said holder assembly comprising:

(a) gripping means for securing a stemmed object in a preferred cleaning orientation and comprising at least one gripping assembly structured for detachable engagement with the stemmed object,
(b) base means for support of said gripping means and being interconnected thereto and structured for securement of said holder assembly in substantially upstanding relation to a supporting surface,
(c) stanchion means for interconnecting said gripping means to said base means in spaced and substantially overhanging relation thereto,
(d) said one gripping assembly comprising a supporting portion and a retaining portion disposed in adjacent and spaced relation to one another and cooperatively structured and disposed to removably mount the stemmed object thereon,
(e) said supporting portion structured to supportingly engage one side of a base of the stemmed object and said retaining portion disposed to engage an opposite side of the base,
(f) said stanchion means being of sufficient longitudinal dimension to allow a substantially suspended orientation of the stemmed object in an inverted position facing said base means,
(g) whereby the stemmed object is removably positionable within a dishwasher in a preferred orientation for cleaning thereof.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.