IP Library Granted Patent US 7,216,646
Granted Patent B2
US 7,216,646 · App. 10/651,488 · Granted May 15, 2007

Oven rack with slide assembly

Assignee: Accuride International Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,216,646
App. No.
10/651,488
Granted
May 15, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An oven rack assembly including full extension slides. Full extension slides are mounted to an oven rack and oven rack frames or wire racks providing full extension of an oven rack from an oven enclosure. The rack frame is mounted to oven walls or the slides are coupled to wire racks along oven slide walls.

Claims (16)

1. An oven assembly with an extendable rack, comprising:

the oven rack including a pair of laterally spaced subtending bars, the subtending bars including two mounting points;

a pair of extendable slide assemblies, each slide assembly coupled to a corresponding subtending bar at the two mounting points;

wherein each of the extendable slide assemblies includes a slide rail having a longitudinal web, the longitudinal webs being coupled to the subtending bar at the two mounting points;

wherein the mounting points each comprise an aperture in the subtending bars, and

further comprising mounting posts extending from the longitudinal webs, with a mounting post for each mounting point, the mounting posts each extending into a corresponding aperture in the subtending bars.

2. The oven assembly of claim 1 wherein each slide assembly is a full extension slide.

3. The oven assembly of claim 2 wherein each slide assembly is a side-by-side slide.

4. An assembly with an extendable rack for an oven, comprising:

opposing wire frames positioned approximate opposing lateral margins of the oven rack;

a pair of extendable slide assemblies, each slide assembly including a first longitudinal member supported by a corresponding wire frame and at least a second longitudinal member longitudinally extendable relative to the first longitudinal member;

the oven rack including an oven rack support surface adapted to have placed thereon items for cooking in an oven, the oven rack including a pair of longitudinal mounting bars approximate longitudinal edges of the oven rack support surface;

wherein each mounting bar is attached to the second longitudinal member of a corresponding extendable slide assembly at a plurality of mounting points between a front end and a rear end of the mounting bar;

wherein each slide assembly is supported by a cross-bar of the corresponding wire frame; and

wherein a forward hook couples each slide assembly to the cross-bar near a forward portion of the corresponding wire frame and wherein a rear hook couples each slide assembly to the cross-bar near a rear portion of the corresponding wire frame.

5. The assembly of claim 4 , further comprising means for preventing upward motion of a rear of the slide assemblies.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2003
From: LE, BAOLOC; CHI, QUINN; DOBBERSTEIN, KLAUS; GEBERZAHN, MARKUS
To: ACCURIDE INTERNATIONAL INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 1061749300 · Jul 10, 2003
Provisional Application 6040710200 · Aug 29, 2002
Provisional Application 6039520400 · Jul 10, 2002
Related Publication 20040069299A1 · Apr 15, 2004