Patent ID: 11952195
Assignee: SUB-ZERO GROUP, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 18:
19. An appliance comprising:
a housing;
a drawer assembly comprising
a drawer base mounted to the housing;
a drawer configured to slide relative to the drawer base, the drawer comprising
a front wall; and
a receptacle, the receptacle comprising a bottom wall comprising a front edge and a back edge, wherein the front edge is mounted to the front wall, wherein the bottom wall forms a first funnel that slopes downward from the front edge to the back edge at a first angle of at least one degree; and

a bottom tray mounted to the drawer base below the receptacle, wherein the bottom tray is mounted not to slide relative to the drawer base, the bottom tray comprising
a tray wall comprising a second front edge and a second back edge, wherein the tray wall forms a second funnel that slopes downward from the second front edge of the tray wall to the second back edge of the tray wall at a second angle of at least one degree; and
a drain aperture wall mounted to the tray wall at a lowest elevation of the second funnel.