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US 6,886,702 B2Granted
Kitchen utensil storage and dispensation system
OwnerThomas G. Trinidad, Maria A. Trinidadinventors
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Abstract
Apparatus for storing and dispensing kitchen articles includes an upstanding grate adapted to hang kitchen articles, to house kitchen articles, and to dispense kitchen articles. The kitchen articles can be stored and dispensed from locations inside of and outside of the grate.
Claims4
An apparatus for storing and dispensing articles used in a kitchen comprising
- (a) an inner storage area;
- (b) a vertically oriented grate
- (i) having an inside and an outside, said inside of said grate circumscribing said inner storage area,
- (ii) including a plurality of primary grate openings each circumscribed by a pair of generally horizontally oriented edges and a pair of vertically oriented edges,
- (iii) having an open top such that kitchen articles can be vertically moved through said open top into and out of said inner storage area,
- (iv) including at least one auxiliary opening larger than said primary grate openings and shaped and dimensioned to dispense laterally kitchen articles from said inner storage area through said auxiliary opening;
- (c) a plurality of removable fasteners (60, 61) for hanging kitchen articles (63, 64) on said inside of said grate from said generally horizontally oriented edges;
- (d) a panel member (16) mounted on said grate inside said inner storage area and including an opening (17) formed therein;
- and,
- (e) a bowl (19) removably mounted in said opening (17) for removal upwardly through said open top.
7 more elements
A kitchen apparatus for storing and dispensing kitchen utensils and perishable food, comprising
- (a) an inner storage area;
- (b) a vertically oriented grate
- (i) having an inside and an outside, said inside of said grate circumscribing and adjacent said inner storage area,
- (ii) including a plurality of primary grate openings each circumscribed by a pair of generally horizontally oriented edges and a pair of vertically oriented edges,
- (iii) having an open top such that kitchen articles can be vertically moved through said open top into and out of said inner storage area,
- (iv) including at least one auxiliary opening larger than said primary grate openings and shaped and dimensioned to dispense laterally kitchen articles from said inner storage area through said auxiliary opening;
- (c) a panel member (16) mounted on said grate inside said inner storage area and including an opening (17) formed therein;
- (d) a bowl (19) removably mounted in said opening (17) for removal upwardly through said open top and having perforations formed therethrough;
- (e) perishable food in said bowl;
- (f) a basin mounted on said grate inside said inner storage area beneath said panel member (16) and said perforated bowl (19) to catch liquids draining from said bowl (19) through said perforations;
- (g) a dispenser (37) removably stored in said inner space, said one auxiliary opening being shaped and dimensioned to permit said dispenser to be dispensed in a lateral direction (D) outwardly from said inner space;
- (h) a dispenser (50, 51) on said outside of and connected to said grate to store a roll of sheet material and dispense sheet material from said roll;
- and,
- (i) a dispenser (32) pivotally attached to and on said outside of said grate to store and dispense articles.
11 more elements
An apparatus for storing and dispensing articles used in a kitchen comprising
- (a) an inner storage area;
- (b) a vertically oriented grate
- (i) having an inside and an outside, said inside of said grate circumscribing said inner storage area,
- (ii) including a plurality of primary grate openings each circumscribed by a pair of generally horizontally oriented edges and a pair of vertically oriented edges,
- (iii) having an open top such that kitchen articles can be vertically through said open top into and out of said inner storage area,
- (iv) including at least one auxiliary opening larger than said primary grate openings and shaped and dimensioned to dispense laterally kitchen articles from said inner storage area through said auxiliary opening;
- (c) a panel member (16) mounted on said grate inside said inner storage area and including an opening (17) formed therein;
- (d) a bowl (19) removably mounted in said opening (17) for removal upwardly through said open top and having perforations therethrough;
- and,
- (e) a basin mounted on said grate inside said inner storage area beneath said panel member (16) and said perforated bowl (19) to catch liquids draining from said bowl (19) through said perforations.
7 more elements
An apparatus for storing and dispensing articles used in a kitchen comprising
- (a) an inner storage area;
- (b) a vertically oriented grate
- (i) having an inside and an outside, said inside of said grate circumscribing said inner storage area,
- (ii) including a plurality of primary grate openings each circumscribed by a pair of generally horizontally oriented edges and a pair of vertically oriented edges,
- (iii) having an open top such that kitchen articles can be vertically moved through said open top into and out of said inner storage area,
- (iv) including at least one auxiliary opening larger than said primary grate openings and shaped and dimensioned to dispense laterally kitchen articles from said inner storage area through said auxiliary opening;
- (c) a panel member (16) mounted on said grate inside said inner storage area and including an opening (17) formed therein;
- (d) a bowl (19) removably mounted in said opening (17) for removal upwardly through said open top;
- (e) a basin mounted on said grate inside said inner storage area beneath said panel member (16) and said bowl (19);
- and,
- (f) a napkin holder (37) removably stored in said inner space, said one auxiliary opening being shaped and dimensioned to permit said napkin holder to be dispensed in a lateral direction (D) outwardly from said inner space.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.