Tableware stand
AssigneePlate Lifter, LLC
InventorAnne Royer
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Abstract
An improved tableware stand with an elevated base providing vertical elevation of an adapter for use to receive and retain tableware, the elevated base including a sidewall adapted for receiving a removable, reversible 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.
Claims2
An improved tableware stand for use in securing first and second tableware items, the improved tableware stand comprising:
- an elevated spacer with a sidewall which extends from a bottom to an upper ledge;
- an elevated support surface having an arcuate opening and presenting a substantially planar support structure with an arcuate depending lip, whereby said elevated support surface is adapted for receiving first and second tableware items;
- said arcuate depending lip which aligns said first and said second tableware items within an arcuate opening;
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- a plurality of hand relief surfaces which extend from said bottom along said sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.