Patent ID: 9282877
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A47L

Claim Text:
1. A dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation, comprising: a tub at least partially defining a wash chamber with an open face; a pivoting door selectively pivoting between opened and closed positions for selectively opening and closing the open face; a dish rack configured to hold dishes to be washed; a slide system slidably coupling the dish rack to the tub for sliding movement of the dish rack in and out of the wash chamber through the open face and having a first rail operably coupled to the dish rack and a second rail, which are slidably interconnected for relative sliding and a transition element mounted to the first rail; and a pivot system pivotally coupling the dish rack to the slide system, where the pivot system is configured to enable the dish rack, when the dish rack is at least partially overlying the door, to cooperatively pivot with the door as the door is pivoted to the closed position and wherein the pivot system operably couples to the transition element.