Accessory for dishwasher
AssigneeBSH Home Appliances Corporation
InventorsLindsay Eng, Charlie Pipkin
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Abstract
An accessory for supporting crockery in a dishwasher comprises a generally U-shaped main body having a pair of legs and a connecting portion that connects the pair of legs, at least one of the legs having a free end that is adapted to be releasably attached to a crockery basket in the dishwasher when in an installation position, and a smoothly radiused portion connecting each leg to the connecting portion, wherein the legs are spaced apart in the installation position a sufficient distance to promote stability of the crockery.
Claims12
A dishwasher appliance accessory for a dishwasher appliance, the dishwasher appliance having at least one crockery basket with a base and upstanding tines extending from the base at an angle relative to the base, each said tine having a proximal tine end and a free distal end and each said tine extending from the base at the proximal tine end, each said tine being structured and positioned relative to the base to support crockery, said dishwasher appliance accessory comprising:
- a main body having a proximal end for connection to the crockery basket, and
- a distal end extending away from the proximal end, wherein the distal end is angled to match the angle at which the upstanding tines of the crockery basket are oriented and dimensioned to rise to a height that is greater than a height of the tines,
- wherein the dishwasher appliance accessory is configured to be removably secured to the crockery basket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.