Patent ID: 8439028
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven rack comprising: a front member, a rear member, and side members extending between the front and rear members; a grid structure for supporting objects on the oven rack and being connected to the front, rear and side members, the rear member being connected at a left rear corner with a side member and being connected at a right rear corner with another side member; and two rear rails projecting rearwardly and upwardly from the rear member and a free space being defined between the rear rails providing additional clearance for objects supported on the oven rack, each rear rail being formed of an inner bar connected to the rear member of the grid structure, an outer bar connected to the rear member of the grid structure, and a cross bar extending to and between the inner and outer bars and extending substantially parallel to the rear member of the grid structure, the free space defined between the rear rails spanning a center of the rear member of the grid structure and extending rearward of a rearmost member of the grid structure for supporting the objects on the oven rack, a respective one of the rear rails being more proximate to the left rear corner of the grid structure than the other rear rail and spaced inwardly toward the center of the rear member of the grid structure from the left rear corner and the other rear rail being more proximate to the right rear corner of the grid structure than the one rear rail and spaced inwardly toward the center of the rear member of the grid structure from the right rear corner, and the cross bars of the two rear rails being rearward of the rearmost member of the grid structure for supporting the objects on the oven rack.