Adjustable rack for laundry tub or the like

• US 6,341,704 B1
• Filed: 11/08/2000
• Issued: 01/29/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles J. Michel Jr
• Original Assignee: Charles J. Michel Jr
• Inventors: Michel, Charles J. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US09/707,822
• Time in Patent Office: 447 Days
• Field of Search: 211/181.1, 211/119, 211/90.02, 211/90.03, 211/175, 211/119.011, 211/41.4, D 6/458, D 6/566
• US Class Current: 211/181.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 47/20 Grids, racks or other supports removably mounted in, on or over sinks splash guards for sinks E03C1/181, E03C1/186
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 19/04 Crockery baskets; Draining-racks
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 95/002 Baskets or bags specially adapted for holding or transporting laundry; Supports therefor

Abstract

A stiff wire rack for hanging in a laundry tub or sink is adjustable to accommodate tubs or sinks of various sizes.

Claims

1. An adjustable rack for a laundry tub or sink or the like, comprising:

a pair of generally rectangular rack members each having a horizontal bottom, parallel front and back walls extending generally upward from the front and back edges of the bottom, respectively, and two side ends;

said bottom and said walls comprising a plurality of spaced-apart parallel stiff wire members;

one of said rack members slidably telescoped within the other rack member;

clips for slidably engaging parallel adjacent stiff wire members on the bottom of each of the telescoped rack members; and

hanger members swingably attached at their lower ends to a side end of each of said rack members, said hanger members hooked at their upper ends for engaging the top edge of a tub wall.

2. An adjustable rack for holding articles in a laundry tub or sink and the like, said rack comprising:

a pair of generally flat, horizontal, generally rectangular support members, each comprising a plurality of equally spaced-apt elongated stiff wire members;

one of said support members slidably resting over the other support member;

clips for slidably holding together adjacent wire members on each of said support members; and

a pair of hanger members, each having an upper and lower end pivotally attached at a lower end to an end of each of said support members and extending upward therefrom, said hanger members being hooked at the upper end for engaging the top edge of a tub.

3. An adjustable rack for holding articles in a laundry tub or sink and the like, said rack comprising:

a pair of generally flat, horizontal, generally rectangular support members, each comprising a plurality of equally spaced-apart elongated stiff wire members, said support members having front, back and side edges;

one of said support members slidably resting over the other support member;

clips for slidably holding together adjacent wire members on each of said support members; and

a pair of hanger members, each having an upper and lower end, said hanger members pivotally attached at a lower end to a side edge of each of said support members and extending upward therefrom, said hanger members being hooked at their upper ends for engaging the top edge of a tub.

4. An adjustable rack as described in claim 3 further including an upwardly extending stiff wire wall along at least one of the front and back edges of said support members.

5. An adjustable rack as described in claim 3 further including an upwardly extending stiff wire wall along the front edge of one of said support members and along the back edge of the other support member.