Trivet with server lid
AssigneeTemp-Tations, LLC
InventorTara McConnell
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Abstract
A multifaceted trivet with multifaceted functionality includes a trivet within a basket, a trivet that may serve as a lid and a serving tray. The trivet within a basket provides further insulation by use of the basket. The basket has rotatable handles which allows a heated item to be placed within the basket and easily carried to a serving area. The trivet that may serve as a lid may function as a trivet on which a pot or container may be placed or may fit as a lid of a particular pot or container.
Claims20
A combination basket and trivet assembly comprising:
- a basket having a bottom surface, sidewalls and an opening, wherein the bottom surface includes a predetermined size and shape and the sidewalls and bottom surface retain a serving dish having handles placed within the basket through the opening;
- rotatable handles coupled to opposing sidewalls of the basket;
- feet coupled to a bottom side of the bottom surface of the basket, the feet raising the bottom surface a predetermined distance;
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- a trivet removably coupled to the bottom surface of the basket, wherein the trivet comprises substantially integrated handles that extend beyond the handles of The serving dish.
A combination trivet and serving dish assembly comprising:
- a serving dish having handles;
- a trivet having a body portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, a ledge and handles coupled to the top surface of the body portion,
- wherein the trivet is moveable between a position as a lid on the serving dish with the ledge partially resting on sidewalls of the dish and a position as a support and the dish resting on the top surface of the body portion, wherein the trivet handles extend beyond the handles of the serving dish.
A multifaceted trivet, serving dish and basket combination comprising:
- a serving dish having handles;
- a multifaceted trivet having a body portion, said body portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, a ledge, and handles coupled to the top surface of the body portion;
- wherein the multifaceted trivet is moveable between a position as a lid on the serving dish with the ledge partially resting on sidewalls of the serving dish and a position as a trivet and the serving dish resting on the top surface of the body portion;
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- a basket having a lower peripheral rim, an upper peripheral rim, vertical supports securing the lower peripheral rim to the upper peripheral rim, and at least one horizontal base support secured at its ends to opposing sides of the lower peripheral rim;
- wherein the placement of the trivet as the lid on the serving dish aligns the handles of the trivet in the lid position and the handles of the serving dish juxtapose to each other in a spaced apart relationship such that the handles of the trivet in the lid position are positioned above and extend beyond the handles of the serving dish, whereby a user can selectively engage either the handles of the trivet in the lid position or the serving dish handles or both the handles of the trivet in the lid position and the handles of the serving dish simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.