Patent ID: 8973763
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A dish drying rack and tray assembly consisting of comprising: a dish rack; a dish tray onto which said dish rack can be releasably placed, wherein said dish tray is substantially rectangular and wherein said dish tray includes a plurality of paper towel support tabs wherein each of said paper towel support tabs is annular in cross section and includes a planar top surface; a plurality of paper towel rod supports wherein each of said paper towel rod supports includes an annular center body and is also designed and configured to matingly and releasably engage with said paper towel support tabs at a lower distal end of said paper towel rod supports, and wherein each of said paper towel rod supports also include a cut out at a second upper distal end of said paper towel rod supports wherein each of said cut outs includes an aperture at the center wherein said aperture forms an opening of a channel through the center of each of said annular center body of each of said paper towel rod supports; and a paper towel receiving rod wherein said paper towel receiving rod includes an elongated body that is annular in cross section and is designed such that a roll of paper towels can be slidingly placed over said paper towel receiving rod, and wherein said paper towel receiving rod includes a plurality of rod pins wherein each of said plurality of said rod pins are uniformly molded at opposite distal ends of said paper towel receiving rod said that such plurality of rod pins may be matingly and releasbly placed within said cut outs of said paper towel rod supports or may slidingly engage within said channel of each of said plurality of said paper towel rod supports, and wherein said paper towel receiving rod also includes a uniformly molded flange, wherein said uniformly molded flange is located between one of said plurality of said rod pins and said elongated body and is of a size such that a roll of paper towels is slidingly stopped by said uniformly molded flange.