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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventor:
William Nathan Garnett, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/504 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dishwasher appliance includes a metal rack. A housing and a cover on a side of the metal rack define a housing chamber. Within the housing chamber, one or more rotatable cams are present. Each cam includes a magnet within the cam and pivots about a shaft. Each cam may rotate from a passive position to a retaining position as a result of lifting of the metal rack, which attracts the magnet in each cam, pulling the cam into position. The rack is then lowered onto a retaining surface of each cam, the cam supporting the rack in the raised position.