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US 9,282,821 B2Granted
Rack assembly
OwnerScott Robert Miedtkeinventor
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Abstract
A rack assembly has a shelf attached to a slidable mount. A front wall and a back wall are mounted to the shelf. At least one elastic element extends between the front wall and the back wall above a left side and a right side of the shelf such that the front wall, back wall and at least one elastic element define a contained area capable of holding objects.
Claims19
A rack assembly comprising:
- a base configured to be mounted to a shelf within a cabinet;
- first and second slide mounts mounted to the base;
- first and second slides moveable on the first and second slide mounts, respectively;
- a first rack portion comprising:
- a first bottom plate attached to the first slide;
- a first front wall mounted to a front of the first bottom plate;
- a first back wall mounted to a back of the first bottom plate;
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- at least one first elastic element extending between the first front wall and the first back wall above a left side and a right side of the first bottom plate such that the first front wall, first back wall and at least one first elastic element define a first contained area capable of holding objects and such that the first rack portion has an open top;
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- a second rack portion comprising:
- a second bottom plate attached to the second slide in parallel with the first base plate;
- a second front wall mounted to a front of the second bottom plate;
- a second back wall mounted to a back of the second bottom plate;
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- at least one second elastic element extending between the second front wall and the second back wall above a left side and a right side of the second bottom plate such that the second front wall, second back wall and at least one second elastic element define a second contained area capable of holding objects and such that the second rack portion has an open top.
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Shelves comprising:
- a base configured to be mounted to a shelf within a cabinet;
- first and second tracks mounted to the base;
- a first shelf that slides on the first track;
- a second shelf in parallel with the first shelf, wherein the second shelf slides on the second track;
- at least one first elastic element extending along opposing sides of the first shelf that retains items so that the items do not fall off the first shelf but allows the items to extend out from the first shelf to make contact with the second shelf such that an item that is wider than the first shelf contacts the at least one first elastic element on the opposing sides of the first shelf;
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- at least one second elastic element extending along opposing sides of the second shelf that retains items so that the items do not fall off the second shelf but allows the items to extend out from the second shelf to make contact with the first shelf such that an item that is wider than the second shelf contacts the at least one second elastic element on the opposing sides of the second shelf.
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A bin comprising:
- a base configured to be mounted to a shelf within a cabinet;
- first and second slide mounts on the base;
- a first bottom plate attached to the first slide mount such that the first bottom plate can slide out of the cabinet;
- a first front plate mounted to the first bottom plate and extending upward from the first bottom plate;
- a first back plate mounted to the first bottom plate and extending upward from the first bottom plate;
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- a first elastic band extending around a front of the first front plate and a back of the first back plate such that the bin has an open top;
- a second bottom plate attached to the second slide mount such that the second bottom plate can slide out of the cabinet;
- a second front plate mounted to the second bottom plate and extending upward from the second bottom plate;
- a second back plate mounted to the second bottom plate and extending upward from the second bottom plate;
- and
- a second elastic band extending around a front of the second front plate and a back of the second back plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.