Patent ID: 8602019
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A retractable oven rack, comprising: a wire base that is slidably mountable on protruding shelf members located on two opposite inner walls of an oven cavity, the wire base including first and second wire sections that are parallel to one another and that extend across the front and rear of the wire base and third and fourth wire sections that are parallel to one another and that extend along opposite sides of the wire base, wherein upwardly angled portions are formed adjacent ends of the third and fourth wire sections, the upwardly angled portions being configured to engage stops on the protruding shelf members on the inner walls of an oven cavity to limit the amount that the wire base can be slid out of and into the oven cavity, the wire base further comprising first and second wire support rods that extend parallel to and above the third and fourth wire sections on opposite sides of the wire base; and a grid shelf comprising a wire grid and first and second supports that extend parallel to opposite side edges of the wire grid and above the wire grid, wherein the first and second supports rest on and are slidably supported by the first and second wire support rods such that the grid shelf can be slid forwards and backwards along the wire base, wherein the wire grid is disposed between the first wire section and the first and second wire support rods when viewed from a side of the retractable oven rack.