Patent ID: 9109804
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A47B,F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven appliance, comprising: a cabinet defining an oven cavity for the receipt of food items for cooking, the cabinet comprising a pair of opposing side walls, a rear wall, and an opening for accessing the oven cavity; a pair of primary rack gears, each primary rack gear positioned adjacent one of the opposing side walls and extending along a vertical direction, each primary rack gear comprising a plurality of gear teeth arranged along the vertical direction; a pair of slides, each slide positioned adjacent one of the opposing side walls, proximate to one of the primary rack gears and extending along a vertical direction; a pair of runners, each runner slidably received into one of the slides and configured for sliding movement along the vertical direction on the slides; a pair of positioning cars, each positioning car connected to one of the runners along a first side of the positioning car, each of the positioning cars comprising a latch mechanism connected with the pivot arm of one or both of the pairs of positioning cars, the latch mechanism configured for selectively causing the pivot arm of each car to rotate relative to such car so that each primary boss can be moved between a rack extending between the opposing side walls, the rack supported upon the latch mechanism.