Patent ID: 8646381

Claim:
An oven rack and drip pan assembly for an appliance comprising; an oven rack including: a support platform on which food is to rest during cooking; and a pair of drip pan rails extending downwardly from opposing sides of the support platform; and a drip pan including: opposing side portions configured to be slidably received within the drip pan rails; and a plurality of vented portions provided through a surface of the drip pan, the plurality of vented portions being configured to allow heated air to pass therethrough and to prevent matter from entering an interior of the appliance, wherein the plurality of vented portions includes louvers provided in a bottom surface of the drip pan, the drip pan includes a front portion and an opposed rear portion, a bottom surface of the drip pan slopes gradually from the front portion to the rear portion, and at least one reservoir is formed at the rear portion of the drip pan at a location along the bottom surface of the drip pan toward which the bottom surface is sloped where the matter on the bottom surface is to be collected on the drip pan, and wherein the plurality of louvers each include a top surface that is sloped relative to the bottom surface of the drip pin to interfere with passage of the matter on the top surface through the vented portions as the matter travels in a direction from the front portion of the drip pan toward the reservoir.