Patent ID: 8899426
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: A47B,F24C

Abstract:
1. A rack for an appliance comprising; a main section having a primary platform area, capable of supporting food and cookware thereon, a secondary platform area, capable of supporting food and cookware thereon, a side support edge, and a cutout portion; and a removable section secured to the main section at the cutout portion of the main section in a manner so as to be removable from engagement with the main section, wherein a frame of the main section includes a rear crossbar and an elongated stiffener secured thereto, the elongated stiffener being a single wire having a first end and a second end, the first end is secured directly to a portion of the rear crossbar located in the primary platform area and the second end is secured directly to a portion of the rear crossbar located in the secondary platform area, wherein the elongated stiffener extends downwardly from the rear crossbar such that the elongated stiffener is positioned below the primary platform area and the secondary platform area, the elongated stiffener being shorter than the rear crossbar, wherein the secondary platform area is defined by a portion of a first cutout side bar of the frame of the main section that also defines a side of the cutout portion, a portion of the rear crossbar, a portion of a second cutout side bar of the frame of the main section that also defines a side of the cutout portion, and a cutout crossbar of the frame of the main section that also defines a side of the cutout portion, and wherein the secondary platform includes a plurality of bars extending between the rear crossbar and the cutout crossbar and a first strengthening cross-member, the first strengthening cross-member disposed forwardly of the rear crossbar and rearwardly of the cutout crossbar, and having a first end secured to the first cutout side bar and a second end secured to the second cutout side bar, and wherein the secondary platform area includes first and second diagonally extending stiffeners, the first diagonally extending stiffener having a first end fixedly secured to one of the first cutout side bar and the cutout crossbar and a second end extending inwardly of the secondary platform area from the first diagonally extending stiffener first end and fixedly secured to the first strengthening cross-member, the second diagonally extending stiffener having a first end fixedly secured to one of the second cutout side bar and the cutout crossbar and a second end extending inwardly of the secondary platform area from the second diagonally extending stiffener first end and fixedly secured to the first strengthening cross-member.