# US 10,765,241 B2 · Tableware stand

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- Number: US 10,765,241 B2
- Document ID: US10765241B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/375,383
- Filed: 2019-04-04
- Published: 2019-07-25
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-12-12
- Applicants: Plate Lifter, LLC
- Inventors: Anne Royer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765241B2

## CPC

- A47G 19/08: Plate-holders (holders for kitchen pots A47J45/10)
- A47G 23/03: Underlays for glasses or drinking-vessels
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)

## Abstract

An improved tableware stand with a cylindrical base providing vertical elevation of an adapter for use to receive and retain tableware, the cylindrical base including a circumferential sidewall adapted for receiving a removable, reversable tableware adapter which securely engages the food service item with misaligned receiving structure. The receiving structure includes a plurality of concentric channels for securely receiving and retaining different sized, dimensioned, configured, or shaped food service items while providing a substantially planar platform elevated from an underlying support surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An improved tableware stand for use in securing first and second tableware items each having a base and a curved surface extending outwardly towards a lip, the improved tableware stand comprising:
an elevated spacer with a sidewall which extends from a bottom to an upper ledge;
a depending lip which extends from said upper ledge;
an adapter having a first side opposite a second side with a central opening which extends therethrough;
said first side having a first receiving structure for receiving the first tableware item and a second receiving structure for receiving the second tableware item; and
a circular projection which extends outwardly from said adapter for engagement by said depending lip.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The improved tableware stand according to claim 1, said second side having a second side receiving structure for receiving the second tableware item, wherein said second side receiving structure receives the base of the second tableware item.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The improved tableware stand according to claim 1 wherein said first receiving structure further comprises a first ridge separated from a second ridge by a radial channel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The improved tableware stand according to claim 1 wherein further comprising a plurality of convex ridges positioned along said sidewall.