Washing items support for a dishwasher

摘要

A washing items support assembly for a dishwasher supports items of cutlery for washing that have been laid in a first cutlery container arranged in a first container region and supports other washing items in a second container region in which at least one washing items holder is arranged in which, optionally, pieces of cutlery or other crockery pieces may be laid as washing items, whereby the washing items holder has a support surface for the washing items which is or may be inclined relative to the horizontal.

主权项

1. A washing items support assembly for a dishwasher, the washing items support assembly comprising:
a first container region configured to receive pieces of cutlery disposed thereon in a generally horizontal disposition, the first container region being substantially horizontal and having a first maximum depth from a top of the washing items support assembly, and the first container region extending between two opposed sides of the washing items support assembly and from a side adjacent to the opposed sides to an intermediate point of the two opposed sides; and a second container region for washing items having at least one washing items holder having a support surface for supporting a washing item at an inclination to horizontal, the second container region having a second maximum depth from a top of the washing items support assembly, the second maximum depth occurring at a plurality of discrete locations along a first edge of the support surface, wherein the first maximum depth is less than the second maximum depth, the first maximum depth occurs at a plurality of lower-most surfaces that are separated from one another by higher intermediate surfaces, the plurality of lower-most surfaces and the higher intermediate surfaces together are adapted to retain the pieces of cutlery adjacent to but spaced apart from one another in a generally parallel disposition, and the first container region and the second container region are locationally fixed with respect to the washing items support assembly.