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US 9,949,595 B1Granted
Cookware rack
AssigneeYouCopia Products, Inc.
InventorMark Greenwood
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Abstract
A cookware rack includes a base formed with a first beam separated from a second beam. The first and second beams include a plurality of slots arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. A wire divider is shaped to be removably received within any one of the plurality of rows, positioned within the slots forming the desired plurality of rows.
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A cookware rack, comprising:
- a base having an upper surface and a lower surface and configured to be supported on a horizontal surface;
- a plurality of slots provided in the base, the plurality of slots including a plurality of exterior first beam slots arranged in a first column, a plurality of interior first beam slots arranged in a second column, a plurality of interior second beam slots arranged in a third column, and a plurality of exterior second beam slots arranged in a fourth column, the plurality of slots further being arranged in a plurality of rows perpendicular to the first, second, third, and fourth columns;
- wherein each of the plurality of rows comprises one of the plurality of exterior first beam slots, one of the plurality of interior first beam slots, one of the plurality of interior second beam slots, and one of the plurality of exterior second beam slots;
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- a plurality of wire dividers, each of the wire dividers having a first terminal end adjacent a first arc, the first arc transitioning to a first exterior upright portion, the first exterior upright portion transitioning to a first interior upright portion, the first interior upright portion forming a first corner which transitions to a central horizontal portion, the central horizontal portion transitioning to a second corner which transitions to a second interior upright portion, the second interior upright portion transitioning to a second exterior upright portion, the second exterior upright portion terminating in a second arc which is adjacent a second terminal end;
- wherein each one of the plurality of wire dividers is removably positionable in a selected one of the plurality of rows of slots, such that when a first one of the wire dividers is positioned within a first one of the plurality of rows of slots:
- the first arc of the first one of the wire dividers is received within the exterior first beam slot of the first one of the plurality of rows of slots;
- the first corner of the first one of the wire dividers is received within the interior first beam slot of the first one of the plurality of rows of slots;
- the second corner of the first one of the wire dividers is received within the interior second beam slot of the first one of the plurality of rows of slots;
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- the second arc of the first one of the wire dividers is received within the exterior second beam slot of the first one of the plurality of rows of slots;
- further wherein at least one of the first exterior upright portion or the second exterior upright portion is movable toward the other of the first exterior upright portion or the second exterior upright portion under application of a force, and wherein the exterior first beam slots and the exterior second beam slots are spaced apart from one another such that the force must be applied to enable insertion and removal of the first one of the plurality of wire dividers from the exterior first beam slot and the exterior second beam slot from the first one of the plurality of rows of slots.
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A cookware rack, comprising:
- a base formed by a first beam spaced apart from a second beam, the base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the first beam having an interior first beam sidewall and the second beam having an interior second beam sidewall facing toward the interior first beam sidewall, the base further being configured to be supported on a horizontal surface, wherein the first beam sidewall extends upwardly toward the upper surface and the second beam sidewall extends upwardly toward the upper surface when the base is resting on the horizontal surface, the base further having a first end cap joining the first beam to the second beam, and an opposing second end cap joining the first beam to the second beam;
- a plurality of slots provided in the base and formed in a first row, the plurality of slots including:
- an exterior first beam slot and an interior first beam slot positioned on the first beam;
- an interior second beam slot and an exterior second beam slot positioned on the second beam;
- wherein the interior first beam slot includes a vertical portion formed on the interior first beam sidewall and a horizontal portion formed on the upper surface;
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- further wherein the interior second beam slot includes a vertical portion formed on the interior second beam sidewall and a horizontal portion formed on the upper surface;
- a wire divider having:
- a first terminal end adjacent a first arc;
- the first arc transitioning to a first exterior upright portion;
- the first exterior upright portion transitioning to a first interior upright portion;
- the first interior upright portion forming a first corner which transitions to a central horizontal portion;
- the central horizontal portion transitioning to a second corner;
- the second corner transitioning to a second interior upright portion;
- the second interior upright portion transitioning to a second exterior upright portion;
- the second exterior upright portion terminating in a second arc;
- the second arc being adjacent a second terminal end;
- wherein the wire divider is removably positionable in the plurality of slots, such that when the wire divider is positioned within the plurality of slots:
- the first arc is received within the exterior first beam slot;
- the first corner is received within the interior first beam slot;
- the second corner is received within the interior second beam slot;
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- the second arc is received within the exterior second beam slot.
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A cookware rack, comprising:
- a base having an upper surface and a lower surface and being configured to be supported on a horizontal surface, the upper surface having a first side and a second side, each of the first side and the second side extending between a first end and a second end;
- a plurality of slots provided in the base and formed in a plurality of rows, each of the plurality of rows including, in order from the first side to the second side, an exterior first side slot, an interior first side slot, an interior second side slot, and an exterior second side slot;
- wherein the interior first side slot includes a vertical portion formed on an interior first side sidewall and a horizontal portion formed on the upper surface;
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- wherein the interior second side slot includes a vertical portion formed on an interior second side sidewall and a horizontal portion formed on the upper surface;
- wherein the exterior first side slot includes an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being adjacent the interior first side slot, the inner end having a width which is wider than a width of the outer end;
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- wherein the exterior second side slot includes an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being adjacent the interior second side slot, the inner end having a width which is wider than a width of the outer end;
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- a wire divider removably supportable by one of the plurality of rows in the base, wherein when the wire divider is supported by a selected one of the plurality of rows, a portion of the wire divider is received within each of the exterior first side slot, the interior first side slot, the interior second side slot, and the exterior second side slot forming the selected one of the plurality of rows.
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