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US 6,783,674 B2Granted
Non-skid strainer
OwnerPaul Iannizzotto, Yvonne Iannizzottoinventors
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Abstract
A strainer for straining food is disclosed wherein. The strainer includes a clamping device for clamping the strainer to a center partition of a sink.
Claims2
A strainer adapted to be mounted to a center partition of a kitchen sink comprising:
- a circular rim having an upper side and surrounding a central vertical axis;
- a bowl shaped strainer portion having an upper peripheral edge connected to a lower side of said circular rim and a plurality of perforations extending through said strainer portion;
- a first handle connected an outer side portion of said circular rim;
- a first leg and a second leg, wherein said first and second legs are attached to an outer side portion of said rim and an outer side surface of said strainer portion, said first and second legs each having a bottom surface positioned below the strainer portion and aligned parallel to the upper side of said circular rim and a vertical side surface that is perpendicular to said bottom surface and that faces in a direction away from said strainer portion, and first and second horizontal threaded bores extending into an upper portion of said first and second legs, respectively, wherein said first and second legs extend from an outer side portion of said rim that is opposite the outer side portion of rim from the which said first handle is connected, wherein said legs are laterally offset from the central vertical axis of said circular rim;
- a second handle;
- first and second clamping parts attached to and extending downwardly from opposite sides of said second handle;
- wherein said first and second clamping parts each include a vertical side surface that extends parallel to and faces toward the respective vertical side surface of said first and second legs, and first and second horizontal bores formed in an upper portion of each of said first and second clamping parts, respectively, said horizontal bores in said first and second clamping parts being axially aligned with the respective horizontal threaded bores in the first and second legs;
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- first and second threaded fasteners received in the horizontal bores of said first and second clamping parts and in the horizontal threaded bores of said first and second legs, wherein said first and second fasteners are adapted to bias the vertical side surfaces of said first and second clamping parts towards the vertical side surfaces of said first and second legs;
- whereby opposed vertical side surfaces of the center partition are clamped between vertical side surfaces of said legs and the vertical side surfaces of said clamping parts upon tightening of said first and second threaded fasteners to clamp said strainer to said center partition.
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