Supports: racks – Of wire
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-09
2001-10-09
Chin-Shue, Alvin (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Of wire
Reexamination Certificate
active
06299003
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a washing rack for dishes and more particularly pertains to a new dishwashing rack for making it easier to wash dishes without breaking them.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of a washing rack for dishes is known in the prior art. More specifically, washing, rack for dishes heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements .
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,969,560; 2,010,734; U.S. Patent No. Des. 120,494; U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,531,641; 3,800,957; and U.S. Patent No. Des. 217,491.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new dishwashing rack. The inventive device includes a frame having side members, a top member integrally attached to the side members, a bottom member also integrally attached to the side members, and a plurality of cross members interconnecting the side members; and also includes a plurality of elongate dish support members being mounted at a slant upon the frame with each elongate dish support member having a bottom end portion which is angled to prevent dishes from sliding off the dishwashing rack; and further includes extendable leg members each having an elongate leg support member securely attached to the frame, a tubular leg member slidably mounted upon the elongate leg support member, and a threaded member threaded through a side of the tubular leg member and being engageable to the elongate leg support member; and also includes detachable mounting members for attaching the dishwashing rack to a side wall of a sink.
In these respects, the dishwashing rack according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of making it easier to wash dishes without breaking them.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of washing rack for dishes now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new dishwashing rack construction wherein the same can be utilized for making it easier to wash dishes without breaking them.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new dishwashing rack which has many of the advantages of the washing rack for dishes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new dishwashing rack which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art washing rack for dishes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a frame having side members, a top member integrally attached to the side members, a bottom member also integrally attached to the side members, and a plurality of cross members interconnecting the side members; and also includes a plurality of elongate dish support members being mounted at a slant upon the frame with each elongate dish support member having a bottom end portion which is angled to prevent dishes from sliding off the dishwashing rack; and further includes extendable leg members each having an elongate leg support member securely attached to the frame, a tubular leg member slidably mounted upon the elongate leg support member, and a threaded member threaded through a side of the tubular leg member and being engageable to the elongate leg support member; and also includes detachable mounting members for attaching the dishwashing rack to a side wall of a sink.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new dishwashing rack which has many of the advantages of the washing rack for dishes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new dishwashing rack which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art washing rack for dishes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new dishwashing rack which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new dishwashing rack which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new dishwashing rack which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such dishwashing rack economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new dishwashing rack which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new dishwashing rack for making it easier to wash dishes without breaking them.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new dishwashing rack which includes a frame having side members, a top member integrally attached to the side members, a bottom member also integrally attached to the side members, and a plurality of cross members interconnecting the side members; and also includes a plurality of elongate dish support members being mounted at a slant upon the frame with each elongate dish support member having a bottom end portion which is angled to prevent dishes from sliding off the dishwashing rack; and further includes extendable leg members each having an elongate leg support member securely attached to the frame, a tubular leg member slidably mounted upon the elongate leg support member, and a threaded member threaded through a side of the tubular leg member and being enga
Chin-Shue Alvin
Purol Sarah
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