Patent ID: 8651287

Claim:
A crockery basket for receiving a plurality of different items of crockery for handling of such crockery in a dishwasher machine, the crockery basket comprising: a wire mat forming a bottom of the crockery basket, the wire mat having a wire with a longitudinal extent; a holding device mounted on the longitudinal extent of the wire of the wire mat, the holding device having a plurality of prongs, the holding device being foldable between different pivoting positions and having at least two folding prong rows, each of the at least two folding prong rows being folded independently of each other between different pivoting positions, the at least two folding prong rows including: a first folding prong row mounted on a first part of the longitudinal extent of the wire; and a second folding prong row mounted on a second part of the longitudinal extent of the wire, wherein a first axis of rotation of the first folding prong row of the at least two folding prong rows is arranged directly above the first part of the longitudinal extent of the wire relative to the vertical direction, wherein a second axis of rotation of the second folding prong row of the at least two folding prong rows is arranged directly below the second part of the longitudinal extent of the wire relative to the vertical direction, and wherein the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation are disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal extent of the wire of the wire mat from each other relative to the vertical direction.