Patent ID: 8579120

Claim:
A crockery basket for a dishwasher, the crockery basket comprising: a base frame having a base surface; a plurality of upwardly standing pointed elements each extending upwardly from the base surface; a plurality of upwardly standing sides each extending upwardly from a perimeter edge of the base surface and along a length of the perimeter edge; a cutlery basket configured to receive a predetermined type of cutlery items having a predetermined size and arranged such that the cutlery items point upwards from the cutlery basket and extend above the cutlery basket by a predetermined maximum height; and an upwardly standing edge extending upwardly from at least one side of the plurality of upwardly standing sides of the base surface and along a length of the at least one side, the upwardly standing edge having a height that exceeds a height of the upwardly standing pointed elements of the crockery basket and a height corresponding to the predetermined maximum height above the cutlery basket of the cutlery items for which the cutlery basket is configured to receive, wherein the upwardly standing edge surrounds the base surface at least at sides which project from the dishwasher when the crockery basket is withdrawn.