Patent ID: 8047199

Claim:
An oven with an assembly with an extendable rack, comprising: a pair of wire frames mounted to respective side walls of the oven, wherein each of the wire frames includes a plurality of cross bars; and a pair of extendable slide assemblies, each slide assembly including: a first longitudinal member having a portion defining a hook defining a generally vertical slot for vertically receiving a single cross bar of a corresponding wire frame of the wire frames for releasably mounting said first longitudinal member to said cross bar, with an element projecting about the rear of each first longitudinal member, the element being separate from its corresponding single cross bar and being longitudinally spaced apart from said generally vertical slot, said element projecting under the corresponding single cross bar, and at least a second longitudinal member coupled to and configured to be extendable relative to the first longitudinal member; and an oven rack mounted to the second longitudinal members, wherein tilting of said rack from a front end of said rack lifts said hook allowing said single cross bar to withdraw completely from said vertical slot and causes said element to move further below said single cross bar.