Patent ID: 7775380

Claim:
A utensil holding apparatus for use with a drying dish rack, comprising: a collector tray, wherein the collector tray has at least one compartment, wherein the compartment includes sidewalls defining an interior, and wherein the shell is removably coupled to sidewalls of the compartment; and a retainer block comprising a shell fitting over the compartment of the collector tray, wherein the shell has a top wall with a plurality of elongated slots provided in the top wall, and a plurality of elongated holders depending from the slots in the top wall, wherein the shell further includes sidewalls depending from the top wall, which sidewalls define an interior space in which the elongated holders extend, and wherein the elongated holders extend beyond the sidewalls of the shell, such that when the shell is fitted over and coupled to the sidewalls of the compartment, the elongated holders extend into the interior of the compartment.