Patent ID: 8733859

Claim:
A silverware basket for a dishwasher appliance, the silverware basket extending between a top and a bottom along a vertical direction, the silverware basket extending between a first side and a second side along a lateral direction, the silverware basket also extending between a front and a back along a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the silverware basket comprising: a bottom wall; a back wall extending from said bottom wall along the vertical direction; and a front wall extending from said bottom wall along the vertical direction, said front wall spaced apart from said back wall along the transverse direction; a pair of sidewalls spaced apart along the lateral direction, said pair of sidewalls extending between and connecting said back wall and said front wall along the transverse direction; a cover rotatably mounted to said back wall, said cover having an edge, the edge of said cover positioned at a lateral end of said cover and spaced apart from a back portion of said cover; and a brace mounted to said back wall and extending along the transverse direction towards said front wall, said brace defining a vertically oriented recess configured for receipt of the edge of said cover when said cover is in an open position, the recess of said brace positioned between an arcuate surface of said brace and said back wall along the transverse direction.