Patent ID: 8511769

Claim:
A home appliance for the treatment of household items, comprising: an enclosure; at least one first rail disposed on a first inner sidewall of the enclosure, wherein a channel is formed in a surface of the at least one first rail; at least one second rail disposed on a second inner sidewall of the enclosure; and a support element for supporting the household items that is slidably removable from the at least one first rail and the at least one second rail for smooth insertion and removal thereto, the support element including a first runner located on a first side of the support element and a second runner located on a second, opposite side of the support element, and wherein a channel is formed into an exterior side of each of the first and second runners, wherein at least one first projection is affixed to a first surface of the channel on the first runner, wherein at least one second projection is affixed a second surface that opposes the first surface of the channel of the first runner, wherein when the support element is mounted on the at least one first rail and the at least one second rail, the at least one first rail is received in the channel of the first runner, the at least one second rail is received in the channel on the second runner, and the at least one projection on the first surface of the channel of the first runner is received into the channel of the at least one first rail and the at least one second projection engages another surface of the at least one first rail such that the at least one first rail is sandwiched between the first and second projections.