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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/50 (2006.01); A47B 88/407 (2017.01); A47B 88/40 (2017.01); A47B 88/427 (2017.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01); F25D 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/504 (2013.01); A47B 88/407 (2017.01); A47B 88/427 (2017.01); A47B 2088/401 (2017.01); A47B 2088/4274 (2017.01); A47B 2088/4278 (2017.01); A47B 2210/0024 (2013.01); A47B 2210/0054 (2013.01); A47B 2210/0059 (2013.01); A47B 2210/04 (2013.01); F25D 23/067 (2013.01); F25D 25/025 (2013.01); F25D 25/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A height adjusting device for shelves of appliances, in particular for dishwasher racks, has a pivoting stop element that can swing on its own weight between an engaged and disengaged position about a pivot point attached to a support. The stop element, when in the engaged position, interacts with a bracket on a shelf as it is raised with respect to the support to engage stop seats on that bracket to set the rack to a given height. When the rack is fully raised, a feature of the bracket tips the pivoting stop element to the disengaged position so that the rack may be lowered.