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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2006
Mark A. Banta, Crestwood, KY (US);
Derek Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Ronald Tarr, Louisville, KY (US);
Martin Mitchell Zentner, Prospect, KY (US);
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Karnataka, IN;
Subhash Viswanathan Kollengode, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Mark A. Banta, Crestwood, KY (US);
Derek Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Ronald Tarr, Louisville, KY (US);
Martin Mitchell Zentner, Prospect, KY (US);
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Karnataka, IN;
Subhash Viswanathan Kollengode, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A rack support system for a lower rack in a dishwasher is provided for a dishwasher having a wash chamber within a tub. The rack support system includes a frame configured to support the lower rack. A linkage system couples the frame to a side wall of the tub such that the lower rack is movable between a retracted position within the wash chamber and an extended position wherein the lower rack extends from the wash chamber. The lower rack is movable within a range between a lowered position and an elevated position with the lower rack extended from the wash chamber.