US 11,849,902 B2
Stowable dish drying rack system
Michael Sanchez, Pearland, TX (US)
Filed by Michael Sanchez, Pearland, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/591,428.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240509 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 19/04 (2006.01); A47B 77/14 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 19/04 (2013.01) [A47B 77/14 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An undercabinet mountable dish drying system comprising:
a mount being configured for being attached to a bottom surface of a cabinet; and
a plate support being attached to the mount, the plate support being extendable vertically downwardly from the mount in a deployed position and being configured to receive vertically orientated plates such to facilitate drying of the plates, the plate support being positionable in a horizontal orientation in a stored position when the plate support is free of the plates; and
wherein the plate support includes
a housing having a top wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall, the housing being pivotally coupled to the mount, the housing being pivotable between the deployed position extending downwardly from the mount and the stored position wherein the front wall is horizontally orientated and faces upwardly toward the mount, a bottom side of the housing being open, and
a receiving rack being removably extendable though the bottom side and into the housing, the receiving rack being positionable in a receiving position extending outwardly and hanging down from the housing when the housing is in the deployed position, the receiving rack being extended into the housing when the housing is in the stored position, the receiving rack having a front side and a back side when the receiving rack is vertically orientated, the receiving rack having a plurality of slots being vertically elongated and extending through the front and back sides, the slots being laterally spaced from each other, each slot being configured to receive at least one vertically orientated plate.