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Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2014
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ryan Joseph Shaffer, Louisville, KY (US);

Eugenio Gomez, Louisville, KY (US);

A. Vinodh Magimai Raj, Hyderabad, IN;

Benjamin Carl Maddux, Louisville, KY (US);

Brian David Sanzone, La Grange, KY (US);

Assignee:

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/50 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/507 (2013.01); A47L 15/4246 (2013.01); F16B 5/02 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49947 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49963 (2015.01);
Abstract

A dishwasher appliance and a method for mounting a slide rail within a dishwasher appliance are provided. A rack assembly of the dishwasher appliance includes a bracket with a post. A slide rail is mounted to the bracket, and the slide rail and the bracket are positioned within a wash chamber of the dishwasher appliance. The post extends through the tub, and a sleeve is positioned opposite the bracket on the tub and engages the post. The sleeve hinders retraction of the post through the tub.


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