Mixing bowl supporting assembly

A method of holding a mixing bowl stationary during mixing contents of the bowl using a supporting assembly, said supporting assembly comprising a support in the form of a generally cylindrical ring having first and second opposing edges and open ends defining a continuous interior space between said open ends, and first and second holding members, each holding member having a coefficient of friction greater than that of said support, said first and second holding members being fixedly attached to and covering, in overlapping relation, at least a portion of said first and second edges of said support respectively;

• said method comprising:
• placing said supporting assembly on a planar surface such that said first holding member is frictionally engaged with said planar surface;
• and
• placing a mixing bowl in said interior space such that a peripheral surface of said mixing bowl frictionally engages said second holding member thereby preventing movement of said bowl while said contents of said bowl are mixed.

A mixing bowl system comprising:

• a mixing bowl;
• and
• a supporting assembly comprising:
• a support in the form of a generally cylindrical ring having first and second opposing free end edges and at least one open end defining an interior space;
• and
• first and second holding members each holding member having a coefficient of friction greater than that of said support, the first and second holding members being fixedly secured to and covering, in overlapping relation, at least a portion of the first and second edges of said support respectively, each holding member being constructed and arranged such that when said supporting assembly is disposed with said first holding member in contact with a planar surface and said mixing bowl is at least partially disposed in said interior space with the second holding member contacting a peripheral surface of the mixing bowl, friction alone, between the mixing bowl and the second holding member and between the planar surface and the first holding member, holds the bowl stationary with respect to the planar surface when contents of the mixing bowl are mixed.

A supporting assembly for a mixing bowl comprising:

• a support having first and second opposing free end edges and open ends defining a continuous interior space between the open ends;
• and
• first and second holding members, each holding member covering, in overlapping relation, at least a portion of the first and second edges of said support respectively, each holding member being constructed and arranged such that when said supporting assembly is disposed with said first holding member in contact with a planar surface and a mixing bowl is at least partially disposed in said interior space with the second holding member contacting a peripheral surface of the mixing bowl, friction alone, between the mixing bowl and the second holding member and between the planar surface and the first holding member, holds the bowl stationary with respect to the planar surface when contents of the mixing bowl are mixed,
• wherein said support is generally cylindrical ring having opposing open ends defining said interior space therebetween, and
• wherein each of said holding members includes surfaces defining a channel therein sized to fixedly secure an associated edge of said support.