Patent ID: 7861883

Claim:
An article basket adapted to support articles within a dishwashing machine comprising: an article support wall configured to support articles extending within an interior area of the basket, the article support wall provided with a plurality of openings extending through the article support wall, each of the openings is defined by an edge extending along a path circumscribing substantially the entire opening, and the edge of each of the openings is concave in a direction facing the opening along substantially the entire path, wherein the openings are configured to permit permeation of fluid through the article support wall while inhibiting passage of support articles through the article support wall; and at least one side wall extending from the article support wall and a divider configured to extend over an opening into the interior area of the basket, the divider including a plurality of article receiving openings configured to receive a portion of an article being inserted into the interior area of the basket, wherein each of the article receiving openings includes at least two protrusions that each extend along a distinct axis such that none of the protrusions are aligned with another of the protrusions along the same axis, wherein at least two of the protrusions extend in opposite directions from opposed sides of the article receiving opening and only partially extend across the article receiving opening, and wherein the spaced protrusions provide seating locations along the article receiving opening between the protrusions.