Patent ID: 8308250

Claim:
A rack system for an appliance, comprising: an appliance having a cavity and a door operable to close the cavity; a first rack and a second rack positioned within the cavity; a door link coupled to the appliance door; a first connector attached to the first rack; a second connector attached to the first rack; a first coupler link having a first end and a second end, the first end being detachably attached to the door link and the second end being detachably attached to the first connector; a second coupler link having a first end and a second end, the first end being detachably attached to the second connector and the second end being detachably attached to the second rack; and a bracket having a first attachment site and a second attachment site, wherein the second coupler link is coupled to the bracket via one of the first and second attachment sites, wherein the bracket is detachably connected to the second rack wherein the first attachment site is a round aperture, and wherein the second attachment site is an elongated aperture and configured such that when the first rack is at least partially extended from the appliance cavity and is extended to a greater extent than the second rack, the second rack can be manually further slidably extended from the appliance cavity.