Patent Application
20230240509
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The disclosure relates to dish drying rack device and more particularly pertains to a new dish drying rack device which can be stored upwardly under a cabinet to free additional countertop space that otherwise would be needed for a dish drying rack.
The prior art relates to dish drying rack devices that allow for saving space on countertops and within sinks.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a mount for attachment to a bottom surface of a cabinet. A plate support is attached to the mount and is extendable vertically downwardly from the mount in a deployed position. The plate support receives vertically orientated plates such to facilitate drying of the plates. The plate support is positionable in a horizontal orientation in a stored position when the plate support is free of the plates.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plate support 26 is attached to the mount 12 and is extendable vertically downwardly from the mount 26 in a deployed position and is configured to receive vertically orientated plates 28, i.e. dinner plates, dessert plates and the like, such to facilitate drying of the plates 28 as shown in
The plate support 26 includes a housing 30 having a top wall 32, a front wall 34, a rear wall 36, a first lateral wall 38 and a second lateral wall 40. The housing 30 is pivotally coupled to the mount 12 such that the housing 30 is pivotable between the deployed position extending downwardly from the mount 12 and the stored position wherein the front wall 34 is horizontally orientated and facing upwardly toward the mount 12. A bottom side 42 of the housing is open. By being open, the bottom side 42 may include a single elongated opening or a plurality of laterally spaced openings as shown in
A receiving rack 44 is removably extendable though the bottom side 42 and into the housing 30. The receiving rack 44 is positionable in a receiving position extending outwardly and hanging down from the housing 30 when the housing 30 is in the deployed position. The receiving rack 44 is extended into the housing 30 when the housing 30 is in the stored position. The receiving rack 44 has a front side 46 and a back side 48 when the receiving rack 44 is vertically orientated. A plurality of slots 50 that are vertically elongated extend through the front 46 and back 48 sides of the receiving rack 44. The slots 50 are laterally spaced from each other and each slot 50 is configured to receive at least one vertically orientated plate 28. The slots 50, in one embodiment, may be formed by a plurality of legs 52 and the bottom side 42 may include one opening for each leg 52. The legs 52 are retained in engagement with the housing 30 by one or more stops 54 which are held withing the housing 30.
A panel 58 is attached to the receiving rack 44 adjacent to a bottom edge 60 thereof and distal to the housing 30. The panel 58 has an upper surface 62 for supporting the plates 28 when the plates 28 are in the slots 50. The panel 58 is pivotally coupled to the receiving rack 44 and extends outwardly from the front side 46 when the receiving rack 44 is in the deployed position. The upper surface 62 faces the front side 46 when the receiving rack 44 is in the stored position.
A catch 64 releasably engages the plate support 26 and the mount 12 when the plate support 26 is in the stored position to releasably retain the plate support 26 in the stored position. Though the catch 64 may include any conventional retention device, in one embodiment the catch 64 comprises a detent 66 attached to the receiving rack 44. The detent 66 is extendable into and frictionally engaged with an indent 68 in the mount 12.
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In use, the system 10 is used in an area typically above a sink or adjacent thereto such that water may drain from the receiving rack 44 and sleeves into the sink. The receiving rack 44 is extended downwardly from the mount 12 as shown in
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
