US 5,934,185 AGranted

Boiling pot egg support system

OwnerKay W. Sonnierinventor

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Abstract

A boiling pot egg support system that includes egg supports for holding and supporting each of the eggs to be boiled in a manner to prevent collisions between the eggs during the boiling process. The boiling pot egg support system also includes multiple interconnectable egg support structures that are connectable to allow a user to adapt the boiling pot egg support system to the number of eggs to be boiled. A lifting assembly is provided for lifting the interconnectable egg support structures from a boiling pot.

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Dependent claims

A boiling pot egg support system comprising:

a lifting assembly;
and
first and second interconnectable egg support structures;
said lifting assembly including a telescoping center section with a rectangular cross section and a flexible, two-sided, lifting hook;
said first and second interconnectable egg support structures each having a perimeter rim, a center lifting structure, six equally spaced, oval-shaped, egg supports fixed between said perimeter rim and said center lifting structure, four support legs extending from said bottom side of said perimeter rim, and four support leg receiving connectors extending from said top side of said perimeter rim;
said first egg support having a center lifting structure with a first and elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slot sized to form a keyway for receiving said telescoping center section of said lifting assembly;
said longitudinal axis of said first elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slot being directed between said four support leg receiving connectors;
said second egg support structure having a center lifting structure with a second elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slot with said longitudinal axis thereof directed between said four support legs such that when said support legs of said second interconnectable egg support structure are inserted into said four support leg receiving connectors of said first interconnectable egg support structure, said first and second elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slots are in registration, and said oval-shaped egg supports of said second interconnectable egg support structure are positioned above said spaces between said oval-shaped egg supports of said first interconnectable egg support structures in a manner to maximize said number of eggs positioned within a given height of a boiling pot;
said flexible, two-sided, attachment hook being of a length, orientation and flexibility to flex and pass through each of said first and second elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slots only in a first direction and sufficiently inflexible to transmit a lifting force in a direction opposite said first direction sufficient to lift said first and second interconnectable egg support structures.

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Abstract

A boiling pot egg support system comprising:

a lifting assembly;
and
first and second interconnectable egg support structures;
said lifting assembly including a telescoping center section with a rectangular cross section and a flexible, two-sided, lifting hook;
said first and second interconnectable egg support structures each having a perimeter rim, a center lifting structure, six equally spaced, oval-shaped, egg supports fixed between said perimeter rim and said center lifting structure, four support legs extending from said bottom side of said perimeter rim, and four support leg receiving connectors extending from said top side of said perimeter rim;
said first egg support having a center lifting structure with a first and elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slot sized to form a keyway for receiving said telescoping center section of said lifting assembly;
said longitudinal axis of said first elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slot being directed between said four support leg receiving connectors;
said second egg support structure having a center lifting structure with a second elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slot with said longitudinal axis thereof directed between said four support legs such that when said support legs of said second interconnectable egg support structure are inserted into said four support leg receiving connectors of said first interconnectable egg support structure, said first and second elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slots are in registration, and said oval-shaped egg supports of said second interconnectable egg support structure are positioned above said spaces between said oval-shaped egg supports of said first interconnectable egg support structures in a manner to maximize said number of eggs positioned within a given height of a boiling pot;
said flexible, two-sided, attachment hook being of a length, orientation and flexibility to flex and pass through each of said first and second elongated rectangular lifting assembly attachment slots only in a first direction and sufficiently inflexible to transmit a lifting force in a direction opposite said first direction sufficient to lift said first and second interconnectable egg support structures.

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