Patent ID: 6666531
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: A47L,Y10T

Abstract:
A dishwasher tub support frame, the tub comprising a front, a rear wall, opposite side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, a flange having a vertical surface extending around the top and side walls and a guide rib extending around the top and side walls and being spaced to the rear of the vertical surface to create a groove therebetween, the tub support frame comprising:an elongated support member formed a single unitary bar stock material and comprising a pair of spaced apart uptight U-shaped members and an inverted U-shaped member; the pair of upright U-shaped members each comprising an upright rear leg and an upright front leg joined by a horizontal bottom rail; the inverted U-shaped member comprising a pair of upstanding side rails extending upwardly from the upright front legs of the upright U-shaped members, and a top rail interconnecting the upper ends of the upstanding side rails; the upstanding side rails each having an angled transition portion connected to each of the upright front legs of the U-shaped members; the inverted U-shaped member being sized and shaped to fit within the groove between the guide rib and the vertical surface of the flange; the upstanding side rails of the inverted U-shaped member having a plurality of holes therein extending in a direction from the front of the side rails in a rear direction through the side rails for receiving screws to attach the upstanding side rails to the vertical surface of the flange of the tub.