Patent ID: 11918167
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An automatic dishwashing device, comprising:
a tub defining a hollow dishwashing cavity having a back, top, bottom, and two sides and is accessible via an access opening at a front of the cavity;
a rack slidably disposed within the tub and moveable in a longitudinal direction between a stored position within the tub to an extended position where the rack extends outside of the tub,
the rack including a pair of support rods extending in the longitudinal direction, one on each side of the rack; and
a tray slidably engaged with the support rods via a pair of engagement areas, one on each side of the tray, for sliding movement in the longitudinal direction, wherein the tray is configured to selectively remain partially within the tub when the rack is in the extended position or extend outside the tub when the rack is in the extended position, wherein the engagement area maintains the tray in a fixed vertical position both when the tray remains within the tub when the rack is in the extended position and when extending outside the tub when the rack is in the extended position,
the tray including a utensil area configured to receive utensils and wherein the engagement areas each include an extender extending from a front of the tray and along the respective support rods via a guide recess defined by the extender, the extender configured to receive the respective support rod in a sliding engagement to support the tray when the tray remains within the tub and the rack is in an extended position such that the tray is supported by the rack.