Patent ID: 8858725
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A washing items support assembly for a dishwasher, the washing items support assembly comprising: a first container region configured to receive pieces of cutlery disposed thereon in a generally horizontal disposition, the first container region being substantially horizontal and having a first maximum depth from a top of the washing items support assembly, and the first container region extending between two opposed sides of the washing items support assembly and from a side adjacent to the opposed sides to an intermediate point of the two opposed sides; and a second container region for washing items having at least one washing items holder having a support surface for supporting a washing item at an inclination to horizontal, the second container region having a second maximum depth from a top of the washing items support assembly, the second maximum depth occurring at a plurality of discrete locations along a first edge of the support surface, wherein the first maximum depth is less than the second maximum depth, the first maximum depth occurs at a plurality of lower-most surfaces that are separated from one another by higher intermediate surfaces, the plurality of lower-most surfaces and the higher intermediate surfaces together are adapted to retain the pieces of cutlery adjacent to but spaced apart from one another in a generally parallel disposition, and the first container region and the second container region are locationally fixed with respect to the washing items support assembly.