Patent ID: 8377227

Claim:
A dishwasher comprising: a tub having top, bottom, rear and opposing side walls that collectively define a wash chamber having a frontal opening; a door extending across the frontal opening, said door including an outer shell and an inner liner, said inner liner being provided with a plurality of mounting elements that define left, right and center mounting zones; a rack shiftably mounted in the wash chamber; and a utensil holder including: a removable basket including front, rear, bottom and opposing side walls and an upper opening, said basket being adapted to be removably mounted on a select one of the inner liner of the door and the rack and wherein the rear wall of the basket includes at least one mounting member, said mounting member being adapted to interengage with at least a select one of the plurality of mounting elements in order to locate the utensil holder on the inner liner of the door; a handle member extending from the basket, wherein the handle member enables the utensil holder to be readily picked off both the inner liner of the door and the rack; and wherein the basket is selectively mountable in one of the left, right and center mounting zones through the at least one mounting member and the plurality of mounting elements.