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1. A storage member vertical adjustment mechanism for a kitchen appliance, the storage member vertical adjustment mechanism comprising:
an appliance cabinet having a plurality of sidewalls and a back wall that define an interior volume; a cabinet door having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the cabinet door coupled to the appliance cabinet and operable between open and closed positions, wherein the cabinet door in the closed position at least partially encloses the interior volume of the appliance cabinet such that the interior surface of the cabinet door further defines at least a portion of the interior volume; a concealed vertical track system positioned proximate at least one of the back wall of the appliance cabinet and the interior surface of the cabinet door, the vertical track system including a retaining member and a concealing flange that extends parallel with the retaining member and at least partially conceals the retaining member when viewed from outside of the interior volume when the door is in the open position, wherein an adjustment region is defined between an outward surface of the retaining member and an inward surface of the concealing flange, the adjustment region including a top receiving aperture and a bottom receiving aperture; and a storage member having an engagement structure that cooperatively engages the adjustment region of the vertical track system, wherein the engagement structure includes a laterally extending vertical flange that engages at least one of the inward surface of the concealing flange and the outward surface of the retaining member to define a vertical adjustment state and alternatively engages the outward surface of the retaining member to define a plurality of vertically secured positions, wherein the vertical adjustment state and the plurality of vertically secured positions are defined by the concealing flange concealing the engagement structure from view, and wherein the retaining member and the concealing flange laterally support the laterally extending vertical flange within the adjustment region such that the engagement structure of the storage member can be selectively inserted and removed from the adjustment region only via at least one of the top and bottom receiving apertures, and wherein the retaining member includes an extruded tubular structure that defines an inside space, wherein the each vertically secured position is further defined by at least two vertically aligned protrusions of the engagement structure extending at least partially into the inside space of the extruded tubular structure and wherein the extruded tubular structure and the concealing flange are connected by a transition member, and wherein the extruded tubular structure, the concealing flange and the transition member are part of a unitary co-extruded track member. |
