Utensil rest
OwnerRobert R. Dwyerinventor
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Abstract
A utensil rest has an upwardly extending cradle for holding a utensil by gravity, an elongated vertical rib supporting the cradle and having one end taller than the other end, and a, spring clip depending from the short end of the rib having a pair of spaced, inturned prongs with outturned ends. The prongs easily snap onto and grasp the handle of a receptacle or cooking vessel mounting the rest thereon, positioning the tall end of the rib near the vessel rim and fulcruming the bottom of the tall end against the top surface of the handle for holding the working end of the utensil generally horizontally over the open vessel. In one mode, a transverse ridge at the inboard end of the cradle vertically supports the inboard end of the utensil. The rest is molded integrally of nylon.
Claims18
A rest constructed and configured to hold a utensil generally horizontally with one end of the utensil extending over a rim of an open receptacle, comprising:
- an upwardly extending generally U-shaped trough constructed and configured to receive and support the utensil,
- an elongated vertical rib supporting the trough and having a tall end and a short end and wherein the elongated vertical rib extends centrally and longitudinally substantially along an entire length of a bottom of the trough and supporting the trough thereon, and
- a resilient holder depending from the short end of the rib and constructed and configured to grasp a handle of the receptacle with the tall end of the rib resting on a top surface of the handle.
A utensil rest comprising
- an upwardly extending cradle having a bottom portion,
- an elongated vertical stem centrally, longitudinally extending along the bottom of the cradle and supporting the cradle thereon and having a short end and a tall end, and
- a spring clip depending from the short end of the stem.
A rest constructed and configured to hold a utensil generally horizontally with one end of the utensil extending over a rim of an open receptacle, comprising:
- an upwardly extending generally U-shaped trough constructed and configured to receive and support the utensil,
- an elongated vertical rib supporting the trough and having a tall end and a short end,
- a resilient holder depending from the short end of the rib and constructed and configured to grasp a handle of the receptacle with the tall end of the rib resting on a top surface of the handle,
- the trough having a distal end away from the end overlying the resilient holder,
- an upwardly extending ridge transverse the distal end of the trough adapted to vertically support the one end of the utensil sufficiently to prevent slippage of the utensil toward the receptacle, and
- the trough having two generally parallel upturned sides and the transverse ridge being a straight member connecting the two sides at the distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.