Vegetable steamer arrangement
AssigneeMaxpat Trading & Marketing (Far East) Limited
InventorPaul Po Wo Cheung
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Abstract
A support device for a pair of vegetable steamers comprising a pillar (32,34) having at one end a support (38) for the base of an upper vegetable steamer (10a) and at its other end having means (60) to attach to a lower vegetable steamer (10b) so that the pillar is upstanding from the base of that lower vegetable steamer, the other end of the pillar thus extending above the lower vegetable steamer to support the upper vegetable steamer above the lower vegetable steamer in a vertical manner.
Claims16
In combination a support device and first and second vegetable steamers, each of said steamers having a base, the support device comprising a pillar formed in two parts which are telescopically connected, one of the parts having an external screw threading and the other part being hollow and having an internal screw threading to receive the external screw threading of the first part, the pillar having first and second ends, a support for the base of the first vegetable steamer being provided at said first end of said pillar and means to attach the support device to the second vegetable steamer being provided at said second end so that the pillar is upstanding from the base of the second vegetable steamer and extends from the second vegetable steamer above to support the first vegetable steamer above the second vegetable steamer, wherein the pillar is of adjustable length.
In combination a support device and first and second vegetable steamers, each of said steamers having a base, the support device comprising a pillar having first and second ends, a support for the base of the first vegetable steamer being provided at said first end of said pillar and means to attach the support device to the second vegetable steamer being provided at said second end so that the pillar is upstanding from the base of the second vegetable steamer and extends from the second vegetable steamer above to support the first vegetable steamer above the second vegetable steamer, wherein said first end of said pillar has screw threaded means and the first vegetable steamer has a screw threaded spigot, receivable by said screw threaded means to attach the pillar thereto, said second end of said pillar having a screw threaded spigot and the base of the second vegetable steamer having a corresponding screw threaded opening for engagement with said screw threaded spigot of the pillar.
In combination a support device and first and second vegetable steamers, each of said steamers having a base, the support device comprising a pillar having first and second ends, the pillar being provided with a bore having a ledge and a catch member being connected to the first vegetable steamer, the catch member engaging the ledge in snap-fit engagement to connect the first and second vegetable steamers together, a support for the base of the first vegetable steamers being provided at said first end of said pillar and means to attach the support device to the second vegetable steamer being provided at said second end of said pillar so that the pillar is upstanding from the base of the second vegetable steamer and extends from the second vegetable steamer above to support the first vegetable steamer above the second vegetable steamer, wherein the first end of said pillar is shaped to provide a platform to support said base of the first vegetable steamer.
In combination a support device and first and second vegetable steamers, each of said steamers having a base, the support device comprising a pillar having first and second ends, the pillar being provided with a bore having a ledge and a catch member being connected to the first vegetable steamer, the catch member engaging the ledge in snap-fit engagement to connect the first and second vegetable steamers together, a support for the base of the first vegetable steamer being provided at said first end of said pillar and means to attach the support device to the second vegetable steamer being provided at said second end of said pillar so that the pillar is upstanding from the base of the second vegetable steamer and extends from the second vegetable steamer above to support the first vegetable steamer above the second vegetable steamer, wherein the support device further comprises releasable engagement means for connecting the first vegetable steamer to the pillar.
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