Patent ID: 9161677
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. Silverware container for arrangement on a crockery basket of a dishwasher, wherein the silverware container comprises two opposing ends that are adapted for arrangement on upper ends of two opposing side walls of the crockery basket, wherein the silverware container comprises a bottom wall for supporting the silverware that comprises at least two essentially horizontal segments that are arranged telescopably relative to each other, wherein the horizontal segments of the bottom wall of the silverware container are telescopable perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis spanning the two opposing ends that are adapted for arrangement on the upper ends of the opposing side walls of the crockery basket, wherein each of the two opposing ends defines a guiding means configured to support the silverware container on the upper ends of the two opposing side walls of the crockery basket, wherein at least one guiding means includes at least a first U-shaped fixing means and a second U-shaped fixing means arranged telescopably with respect to each other, and wherein the first U-shaped fixing means and the second U-shaped fixing means each define a recess configured to substantially encompass the upper end of at least one side wall of the crockery basket, each recess having a same depth, such that the first U-shaped fixing means and the second U-shaped fixing means are configured to support the bottom wall of the silverware container in a horizontal orientation relative to the upper end of at least one side wall of the crockery basket.