Chafing dish and frame assembly
OwnerSam Casternoviainventor
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Abstract
A chafing dish and frame assembly including a lower frame section for supporting a disposable food tray for holding food, an upper frame section pivotally attached to the lower frame section; a disposable food cover supported by the upper frame section; and a pivot hinge that pivotally connects the upper frame section to the lower frame section. The pivot hinge allows the disposable food cover to be pivoted up to ninety degrees relative to the disposable food tray from a closed position, wherein the disposable food cover rests on top of the disposable food tray, to an open position wherein the disposable food cover is pivoted upwardly so that the food in the disposable food tray may be accessed.
Claims11
A chafing dish and frame assembly comprising:
- (a) a lower frame section for supporting a disposable food tray;
- (b) said disposable food tray for holding food supported by said lower frame section;
- (c) an upper frame section for supporting said lower frame section;
- (d) a disposable food cover supported by said upper frame section;
- (e) wherein said upper frame section further includes a middle attachment frame that removably and nestably attaches the upper frame section to the lower frame section;
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- (f) a pivot hinge for pivotally connecting said upper frame section to said middle frame section, wherein said pivot hinge allows said disposable food cover to be pivoted up to ninety degrees relative to said disposable food tray from
- (i) a closed position, wherein said disposable food cover rests on top of said lower tray section,
- (ii) to an open position, wherein said disposable food cover is pivoted upwardly so that the food in said disposable food tray may be accessed.
A chafing dish and frame assembly comprising:
- (a) a lower frame section for supporting a disposable food tray;
- (b) said disposable food tray for holding food supported by said lower frame section;
- (c) an upper pivot bar frame assembly for pivotally and hingedly attaching a disposable food cover to said disposable food tray;
- (d) wherein said upper pivot bar frame assembly allows said disposable food cover to be pivoted up to ninety degrees relative to said disposable food tray from
- (i) a closed position, wherein said disposable food tray cover rests on top of said lower tray section,
- (ii) to an open position, wherein said disposable food cover is pivoted upwardly so that the food in said disposable food tray may be accessed;
- (e) wherein said upper pivot bar frame assembly uses spring loaded clips attached to a metal bar for pivotally and hingedly attaching a disposable food cover to said disposable food tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.