Patent ID: 7942156

Claim:
A screening arrangement for a dishwashing appliance having a tub portion adapted to contain washing fluid circulated about dishware received therein, the dishwashing appliance having a sump assembly disposed about a lower end of the tub portion for receiving the washing fluid therein, the screening arrangement comprising: a plurality of intersecting wall members forming a latticework structure defining an inlet plane and an opposed outlet plane, each of the wall members having an inlet end disposed toward the inlet plane and an outlet end disposed toward the outlet plane, the inlet ends of the wall members, in cross section, having a non-planar apex portion angling toward the outlet plane, wherein washing fluid from the tub portion is received through the inlet plane and directed toward the outlet plane; and a circumferential member operably engaged with and extending about a periphery of the latticework structure, at least a portion of the circumferential member being sloped toward the latticework structure, from the inlet plane toward the outlet plane, so as to direct washing fluid received thereby through the latticework structure and toward the sump assembly.