Patent ID: 8381919

Claim:
Mat device adapted to be arranged in a basket ( 17 ) of a dishwashing machine, the mat device comprising a base structure ( 3 ), the base structure comprising a plurality of rigid supporting structures, which partially form a base of the mat device, linked together by flexible connection elements to provide the rigid supporting structures of the base structure ( 3 ) with a degree of flexibility relative to each other that allows the rigid supporting structures to be adjusted relative to each other during installation so the rigid supporting structures of the base structure can at least partially conform to a bottom of the basket ( 17 ), wherein the base structure ( 3 ) supports a plurality of flexible supporting elements ( 11 ) for receiving dishes ( 15 ) or cutlery to be supported on the base structure ( 3 ), the mat device further comprising at least one mounting element for mounting the mat device ( 1 ) in a manner that laterally fixes a position of the mat device on the bottom of the basket ( 17 ) of the dishwashing machine.