Patent ID: 6634510
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A47L,Y10T

Abstract:
A rack extender for a rack used to hold glasses or cups in an automatic dishwasher, the extender having a rectilinear frame with four side walls defining a first perimeter edge and a second perimeter edge, wherein the frame further includes:connector pins spaced apart along and extending from the first edge substantially perpendicularly to the plane defined by the frame, each pin having a shaft, having a tapered base, a cylindrical middle section and an enlarged head, the tapered hose having a generally frusto-conical shape tapering downwardly from the first edge to the middle section, the head having a generally semi-ellipsoidal shape defined by an elliptical arc, the head having a leading end and a catch edge extending outwardly from the middle section of the shaft, the leading end tapering to the catch edge.