Patent ID: 8757743

Claim:
A support system for use in an appliance, said support system comprising: at least one brace comprising a locking bar; and at least one substantially vertical track configured to support said at least one brace at a plurality of user-selectable heights within the appliance, said at least one track comprising: a first side wall, a second side wall, and a connecting structure defining a channel therebetween; and a first series of teeth extending from said first side wall into said channel and a second series of teeth extending from said second side wall into said channel, each tooth of said first series of teeth being associated with a corresponding tooth of said second series of teeth to form a plurality of sets of corresponding teeth facing each other, each set defining one of the plurality of user-selectable heights, wherein one tooth in each set of corresponding teeth is positioned lower along said at least one substantially vertical track relative to said other tooth in each set of corresponding teeth; and when said locking bar is supported by any set of said plurality of sets corresponding teeth, a first end of said locking bar is supported by one tooth of said set and a second end of said locking bar is supported by said other tooth of said set, wherein one of said first end and said second end of said locking bar is at a height along said at least one vertical track that is lower than a height of the other of said first end and said second end of said locking bar so that said locking bar extends between said first end and said second end at an oblique angle relative to said first side wall and said second side wall.