Patent ID: 6134810
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
An insert for holding shoes therein and for insertion into a generally cylindrical washing tub of a front loading-style washing machine, said insert comprising:a member having a spaced apart pair of faces, and an outer side between said faces of said member;said member having a plurality of bores extending therethrough between said faces of said member; andeach of said bores having a pair of opposite openings therein, a first of said openings of each bore being located at a first of said faces of said member, a second of said openings of each bore being located at a second of said faces of said member, each of said bores being adapted for receiving a shoe therein; andwherein said first opening of each bore is positioned on said first face of said member in a first unique associated region of said member, and wherein said second opening of each bore is positioned on said second face of said member in a second unique region adjacent said first unique region of the first opening of the respective bore such that said longitudinal axis of each bore is extended at an oblique angle to said central axis of said member, said longitudinal axes of said bores each being extended at an acute angle to said first face and said second face of said member for moving water through each of said bores as said member is rotated in the washing machine.