Patent ID: 8074813

Claim:
A dish rack, comprising: a wireframe; a drip tray removably supported by the wireframe, the drip tray having a base that has a bottom, the drip tray having a longitudinal dish-receiving region provided on the base and spanning an area less than entire area of the base, wherein the longitudinal dish-receiving region extends across a width of the base of the drip tray and has a plurality of openings distributed along the longitudinal dish receiving region for drainage, and wherein the drip tray does not have any opening providing drainage other than at the longitudinal dish-receiving region; and a longitudinal drain channel that drains water to outside of the dish rack, which is removably coupled to and supported from the bottom of the base of the drip tray at the location of the dish-receiving region, wherein the longitudinal drain channel extends to cover below all the openings in the entire longitudinal dish-receiving region to catch drainage from all the openings, and wherein the longitudinal drain channel does not extend to cover below entire area of the base.