# US 8,434,729 B2 · Trivet with server lid

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- Number: US 8,434,729 B2
- Document ID: US8434729B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/036,975
- Filed: 2011-02-28
- Published: 2011-06-23
- Granted: 2013-05-07
- Earliest claimed: 2005-06-21
- Assignees: Temp-Tations, LLC
- Applicants: Tara McConnell
- Inventors: Tara McConnell
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8434729B2

## CPC

- A47G 19/08: Plate-holders (holders for kitchen pots A47J45/10)
- A47J 36/04: the materials being non-metallic
- A47J 36/06: Lids or covers for cooking-vessels (specially adapted for pressure-cookers A47J27/08)
- A47J 36/34: Supports for cooking-vessels
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The combination basket and trivet assembly of claim 1, wherein the rotatable handles are rotatable between an upward position and a downward position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The combination basket and trivet assembly of claim 1, wherein the predetermined size and shape of the bottom surface of the basket corresponds to the size and shape of the trivet to substantially prevent movement of the trivet once coupled to the bottom surface of the basket.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The combined basket and trivet assembly of claim 1, wherein the trivet is moveable between a first position coupled to the bottom surface of the basket with the basket resting on a serving surface and a second position removed from the basket with the trivet resting on the serving surface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The combination basket and trivet assembly of claim 4, wherein the trivet in the first position has greater heat resistance than the trivet in the second position.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The combination basket and trivet assembly of claim 1, wherein the basket is in an open configuration.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The combination basket and trivet assembly of claim 1, wherein the opposing sidewalls are open below wherein said rotatable handles are coupled.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The combination basket and trivet assembly of claim 1, wherein the trivet comprises a ledge angled outward from the bottom surface.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The combination basket and trivet of claim 8, wherein the integrated handles are coupled to an outer surface of the ledge.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The combination basket and trivet assembly of claim 1, wherein the basket is formed with a heat resistant material.

### Claim 11

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.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The combination trivet of and serving dish assembly of claim 11, wherein the ledge is coupled around the periphery of the trivet to prevent the serving dish from sliding off of the trivet during use.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The combination trivet and serving dish assembly of claim 12, wherein the ledge is angled outward from the bottom surface.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The combination trivet and serving dish assembly of claim 11, wherein the trivet handles are coupled to an outer surface of the ledge.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The combination trivet and serving dish assembly of claim 11, wherein the trivet is of a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of the serving dish, the shape of the trivet including a square, a rectangle, a circle and an oval.

### Claim 16

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; and
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.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The combination of claim 16, wherein the upper peripheral rim further comprises at least two segments, each segment being substantially U shaped, said U shaped segments opposing each other such that an uppermost portion of legs of the U shaped segments face each other in a spaced apart relationship forming an upper rim opening therebetween.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The combination of claim 17, wherein the basket has rotatable handles, said rotatable handles coupled to the upper peripheral rim and spanning the upper rim opening.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The combination of claim 18, wherein the rotatable handles are rotatable between an upward position and a downward position.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The combination of claim 19, wherein the rotatable handles in their upward position extend over the handles of the trivet in the lid position and the handles of the serving dish when the serving dish is in the basket, whereby the trivet in the lid position and the serving dish are loosely secured within the basket.