Rack holder
AssigneePitco Frialator, Inc.
InventorsSteven Savage, Karl M. Searl, Steven J. Cyr, Steven Gallerani
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Abstract
A rack holder configured to securely hold a rack or tray used to hold food items during cooking is described. The rack holder may include bracket with a lower lip and a top lip. The bracket may be affixed to a support bar with an offset portion extending downward. The support bar may also include a handle support portion where one or more handles are affixed to the rack holder. The rack holder may provide a fitting engagement with a rack to remove the rack from a cooking environment and to transport the rack to another preparation station.
Claims17
A rack holder comprising:
- a bracket having an upper lip and a lower lip, the lower lip extending from a wall of the bracket;
- the upper lip extending downward substantially parallel to the wall of the bracket;
- a support bar including a distal portion affixed to the wall of the bracket, the support bar substantially perpendicular to the bracket;
- a handle support disposed at a proximate end of the support bar, the handle support substantially parallel to the bracket and the handle support defining at least one mounting hole including at least a first mounting hole in a left side of the handle support and a second mounting hole in a right side of the handle support;
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- at least one handle affixed to the handle support.
A rack holder comprising:
- a bracket configured to engage a portion of a rack;
- a support bar including a distal portion affixed to the bracket, the support bar substantially perpendicular to the bracket;
- a handle support disposed at a proximate end of the support bar, the handle support substantially perpendicular to the support bar and the handle support including at least a first and second mounting hole, the first and second mounting holes disposed on opposing sides of the support bar to receive a first handle and a second handle;
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- at least one handle affixed to the handle support, the at least one handle being substantially perpendicular to a surface of the handle support.
A rack holder comprising:
- a bracket having an upper lip and a lower lip, the lower lip extending from a wall of the bracket, the upper lip extending downward substantially parallel to the wall of the bracket;
- a support bar including a distal portion affixed to the wall of the bracket, the support bar substantially perpendicular to the bracket;
- a handle support disposed at a proximate end of the support bar, the handle support defining at least one mounting hole including at least a first mounting hole in a left side of the handle support and a second mounting hole in a right side of the handle support;
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- a first handle affixed to the handle support, the handle substantially perpendicular to a surface of the handle support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.