Patent ID: 7137397

Claim:
A dishwasher assembly, comprising: at least one pull-out dish rack configured to move along an axis and for accommodating items to be washed, said dish rack having: a wire frame base rack having a horizontally extending portion having two lateral sides, a front side substantially perpendicular to the axis rising upwardly from said horizontally extending portion, a back side substantially perpendicular to the axis rising upwardly from said horizontally extending portion, and said two lateral sides of said horizontally extending portion each extending substantially parallel to the axis, wherein said dish rack generally has the shape of the letter “U” in that said front and back sides of said wire frame base rack rise upwardly from said horizontally extending portion and form the legs of the letter “U” with the uppermost portions of each of said front and back sides of said wire frame base rack forming the respective tops of the legs of the letter “U” and said horizontally extending portion forming the lower part of the letter “U” that interconnects its legs; and at least one rack side element releasably connected to at least one of said lateral sides; and said rack side element having an integrated cutlery-accommodating device disposed laterally outside said at least one of said lateral sides and said rack side element having an integral spray bar for subjecting pieces of cutlery accommodated by said cutlery-accommodating device to action of a cleaning liquid, said rack side element being in engagement with said horizontal extending portion of said wire frame base rack, extending from said front side of said wire frame base rack to said back side of said wire frame base rack and having a height extent therebetween that extends from the engagement of said side element with said horizontal extending portion of said wire frame base rack to at least the uppermost portions of each of said front and back sides of said wire frame base rack forming the respective tops of the legs of the letter “U”.