Patent ID: 9549659
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A47L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A dish rack for accommodating an oversized container, the oversized container having a width and a length greater than the width, in an automated dish machine, the dish rack comprising: a generally porous base surrounded by substantially non-porous upstanding sidewalls, wherein an opposing two of the upstanding sidewalls of the base are separated by a distance less than the length of the oversized container; a first pair of notches and a second pair of notches in the opposing two of the upstanding sidewalls and each configured to receive a sidewall edge of the oversized container, wherein each of the notches comprises an outside edge, an inside edge, and a bottom edge extending between the outside edge and the inside edge; wherein the bottom edge of each of the first pair of notches or the second pair of notches is substantially coplanar with the base; wherein the first pair of notches is in opposite orientation to the second pair of notches, wherein the inside edges of each of the first pair of notches and the second pair of notches are substantially vertical, and the outside edges of each of the first pair of notches and the second pair of notches are substantially angled and configured to pinch the sidewall edges of the oversized container to prevent movement of the oversized container relative to the rack.