Patent ID: 9629515
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A47L

Claim:
1. A domestic appliance comprising: a housing; a compartment within the housing; an opening arranged in the compartment configured to allow at least one of the insertion or removal of items to be at least one of cleaned or treated into the housing; a door configured to close the opening and create a sealed compartment during use; and a first component arranged within the compartment configured to receive items to be at least one of washed or treated during use of the domestic appliance, the first component includes at least one support; wherein the first component includes an actuator configured to alter at least one of a shape or position of the support, wherein the support comprises a plurality of engagement elements, wherein the plurality of engagement elements comprises at least a first configuration in which the plurality of engagement elements projects from the first component, a second configuration in which the plurality of engagement elements is reduced in height with respect to the first component, and a third configuration in which at least a gap spacing between adjacent ones of the plurality of engagement elements is different as compared to the first configuration, and wherein the actuator is configured to rotate the support, such that any one of the first configuration, the second configuration, or the third configuration can be selected by rotating the actuator.