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US 5,207,334 AGranted
Pot lid organizer and storage device
OwnerJohn E. Learinventor
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Abstract
A pot lid organizer and storage device for selective and stable storage of a plurality of cooking pot lids and the like. The device generally includes a base member and a plurality of pot lid holder modules having pot lid clasps which hold a pot lid by scissors hold grasping engagement of the pot lid handle.
Claims16
A pot lid organizer and storage device comprising
- a base member including an elongated central body having an L-shaped lateral cross section, and first and second locking bars selectively and respectively attachable to a vertical leg of said central body and a horizontal leg of said central body, said central body having a series of lateral slots formed therein;
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- a pot lid holder module selectively receivable in a lateral slot of said base member.
A pot lid organizer and storage device comprising
- a base member including an elongated central body having an L-shaped lateral cross section, and first and second locking bars selectively and respectively attachable to a vertical leg of said central body and a horizontal leg of said central body, said central body having at least one module support runner attached thereto;
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- a pot lid holder module selectively receivable in said module support runner.
A pot lid holder module comprising
- pot lid holding means support member;
- pot lid holding means, said holding means being attached to one side of said support member;
- and
- a pot lid handle guard, said handle guard being attached to an opposite side of said support member,
- said pot lid holding means comprising scissors-hold grasping means and a grasping means support member.
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A pot lid holder module comprising
- a grasping means support member comprising a substantially rectangular, flat plate member;
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- scissors hold grasping means attached to said support member, a handle of a pot lid being selectively receivable in said grasping means, said grasping means comprising a pair of elongated and spring-biased mounting brackets disposed in opposing relationship and operable by pivoting movement of said mounting brackets relative to said support member, said mounting brackets being formed having an enlarged feed angled head at a forward end thereof, said mounting brackets being pivotally attached at a rearward end thereof to said support member, said grasping means further including at least one spring attached at ends thereof to the respective pair of mounting brackets.
A pot lid holder module comprising
- a pot lid holding means support member comprising a substantially flat plate member having a cut away portion formed at an upper forward edge thereof;
- pot lid holding means, said holding means including scissors-hold grasping means and a scissors-hold grasping means support member disposed adjacent to a first side of the grasping means, said support member being fixedly attached to a first side of the plate member having the grasping means disposed in the cut away portion of said holding means;
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- a pot lid handle guard, said handle guard including a striking block and a striking block support member fixedly attached to a first side of the striking block, said striking block support member being fixedly attached to a second side of the plate member adjacent to the cut away portion of said holding means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.