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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2004
T. Brent Freese, Newton, IA (US);
Gary B. Jackovin, Ankeny, IA (US);
Issac P. Sargunam, Cleveland, TN (US);
Inho Andy Shin, Cleveland, TN (US);
T. Brent Freese, Newton, IA (US);
Gary B. Jackovin, Ankeny, IA (US);
Issac P. Sargunam, Cleveland, TN (US);
Inho Andy Shin, Cleveland, TN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An oven rack for supporting food items to be cooked in a oven cavity of an appliance includes a frame portion and a support platform defined by a plurality of support members that establish a food item support zone and a food item access zone. The plurality of support members include substantially straight support members and offset or shaped support members. The offset support members, in combination with a vertically offset section of the frame portion, define the food item access zone which is vertically offset from the food item support zone so as to enable a consumer to access a bottom portion of a food item resting on the rack.