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US 11,311,128 B2Granted
Flip tray and method
OwnerIvan Tanaskoski, Bratislav Glisicinventors
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Abstract
A method and device for transferring a plurality of glassware from a glassware-holding rack to a flip ray presenting an array of the glassware in an upright position.
Claims7
A flip tray configured to detachably secure to a glassware-holding rack having a lattice configured bottom, lattice configured four side walls, open top and plurality of individual glassware internal compartments, the flip tray comprising:
- a rigid planar base having a top surface;
- a handle on opposite sides of the base;
- and
- a locking mechanism disposed in each handle on opposite sides of the base, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a bracket which holds a slidable locking key in place within the locking mechanism, the locking key is moveable between a locked position in which an end of the locking key passes through a hole in a lattice opening of the side wall of the glassware-holding rack by sliding the locking key towards an interior of the glassware-holding rack securing the locking key to the glassware-holding rack and an unlocked position in which the end of the locking key is withdrawn from the hole in the lattice opening of the side wall of the glassware-holding rack by sliding the locking key away from the interior of glassware-holding rack detachably securing the flip tray to a glassware-holding rack.
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A method for presenting an array of glassware in an upright position on a tray without any dividers between the glassware, comprising:
- placing a planar top surface of a flip tray face down on an open top of a glassware-holding rack having a lattice configured bottom, lattice configured four side walls, open top and plurality of individual glassware internal compartments containing a plurality of down-facing glassware;
- locking a locking mechanism disposed on a handle on each of two opposite ends of a base of the flip tray, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a bracket which holds a slidable locking key in place within the locking mechanism, by sliding the locking key in towards an interior of the glassware-holding rack so an end of the locking key passes through a hole in a lattice opening of the side wall of the glassware-holding rack securing the locking key in a locked position thereby detachably securing the flip tray to each of two opposite side walls of the glassware-holding rack;
- rotating the flip tray-secured glassware-holding rack upside down so the flip tray is on the bottom facing up and the glassware-holding rack is on the top facing down, allowing the glassware to move facing up onto the flip tray top surface;
- unlocking the locking mechanism by sliding the locking key away from the interior of the glassware-holding rack so the end of the locking key is withdrawn from the hole in the lattice opening of the side wall of the glassware-holding rack on the opposite side walls of the glassware-holding rack;
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- detaching the glassware-holding rack from the flip tray exposing the plurality of glassware resting facing up on the top surface of the flip tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.