Patent ID: 6371642
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
A bag for holding small items in a dishwasher, the bag comprising:a top frame having a resilient front rail member and a resilient rear rail member, each rail member having opposite ends, one of said rail members including a cylindrical structure integrally formed into each end such that each end of said one of said rail members includes a bore, and the other of said rail members including a pin structure integrally formed on each end and having flexible retention prong elements formed on the distal end of each said pin, wherein the pins of the other of said rail members are received into the bores of the one of said rail members and said pins are retained in said cylindrical structures by said prong elements whereby the front rail and rear rail are hingedly connected at the ends of said the rail members such that the rail members are disposed adjacent each other; and a mesh body having a substantially flat, rectangular shape, the mesh body having a first mesh side wall and a second mesh side wall joined together along opposite side edges and a bottom edge, a top edge of the first mesh side wall is connected to the front rail member and a top edge of the second mesh side wall is connected to the rear rail.