Rotatable clamping handle for a rib and roast rack or wire chafing stand
OwnerRobert J. Skvoreczinventor
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Abstract
A removable, retrofit, and/or rotatably attached handle is attached to a top wire of a wire chafing stand in embodiments of the disclosed technology. The handle can be rotated upwards such that a curved bend within the handle locks in place a first pan resting on the top wire of the wire chafing stand. A second pan, oriented upside down compared to the first pan, can be placed thereover, as a lid, on the first pan and held in place by the curved bend within the handle. The top and bottom pan are held in place by the same curved bend or bends of one or more such handles.
Claims20
A removably attachable handle for a closed metal loop, said handle comprising:
- a single wire having a line of symmetry;
- either side of a first linear portion of said single wire terminating in a right angle bend forming a transverse portion of said single wire on said either side of said first linear portion;
- each of said transverse portions connecting at a terminal end thereof to two oppositely-oriented coplanar bends, each of said two oppositely-oriented coplanar bends being substantially curved at each point thereof and further comprising a spaced-apart section between said coplanar bends;
- wherein a line passing through said two oppositely-oriented coplanar curves or through any connective portion there-between is substantially out of line with a line passing through said transverse portion;
- an exterior bend of said two oppositely-oriented coplanar bends being disposed further from said first linear portion and being smaller than an interior bend of said two oppositely-oriented coplanar bends.
A removably attachable rotatable locking handle for wire elements, comprising:
- a lower closed wire comprising an uppermost closed wire of a wire chafing stand;
- a handle comprising two extreme ends, each with two semi-circular bends;
- an exterior bend of said two semi-circular bends rotatably connected to said lower closed wire;
- an interior bend of said two semi-circular bends having an opening facing an opposite direction compared to said exterior bend.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.