Assembly for attachment to rear wall of appliance cavity

摘要

A sliding rack assembly includes an rack, a pair of retention members supporting the rack, and a pair of rear wall retainers. Each retention member includes a slide assembly and a retention plate fixed to the slide assembly. Each retention plate includes a front end for being toward an opening of the cavity and a rear end for being disposed toward a rear wall of the cavity. The rear end of the retention plate includes a holding feature. The rear wall retainers are for being fixed to the rear wall of the cavity. Each rear wall retainer includes a plurality of vertically spaced retention features. Each retention feature is for connecting with a holding feature of a retention member to prevent the retention members from tipping inwardly and separating from the rear wall retainers.

主权项

1. A sliding rack assembly for residing in an appliance cavity, the assembly comprising:
a rack; a pair of retention members supporting opposing sides of the rack, each retention member including a slide assembly and a retention plate fixed to the slide assembly, the slide assembly for enabling sliding of the rack into and out of the cavity, the retention plate including a front end adapted to be disposed toward an opening of the cavity and a rear end adapted to be disposed toward a rear wall of the cavity, the rear end of the retention plate including a holding feature; a pair of rear wall retainers adapted to be fixed to the rear wall of the cavity, each rear wall retainer including a plurality of vertically spaced retention features, each retention feature adapted to connect with the holding feature of one of the pair of retention members to prevent tipping of the retention members inwardly toward each other and to prevent separation of the retention members from the rear wall retainers, wherein the holding feature of the retention plate of each of the retention members includes a protrusion extending rearward of the rear end of the retention plate, the protrusion including an upwardly extending retention portion, and wherein each protrusion includes a vertical plate member.