Abstract: An improved egg scoop or spoon suitable for handling hot boiled eggs wherein the spoon bowl is itself egg shaped and is constructed so as to be easily positionable around an egg, to surround and firmly retain an egg and to provide for the drainage of fluids from the egg without its retention within the spoon bowl and the ready floatation of an egg from the spoon bowl when presented to a body of fluid.

Abstract: A planter having a supporting tray and potting vessel arrangement wherein the vessel is supported with its bottom portion within a tray compartment and in juxtaposition with the compartment walls. The vessel tray combination further provides for the access of air to the compartment and for its direction up and around vegetation foliage within the vessel.

Abstract: An implement rack having upper and lower slotted members mounted on a support. The slots are so shaped and disposed as to receive, from the front of the rack, knife blades at off-vertical angles, the knives then resting on the upper member at the bases of their handles and swinging toward vertical positions. Tongues between the members prevent the blades from being withdrawn forwardly from the rack in their vertical or more nearly vertical positions. Such operation of the rack is predicated upon the utilization of knives having their centers of gravity in the blades. The rack also can be used for culinary utensils. The invention further encompasses a unique method of inserting such knives and implements into the rack, of retaining the knives within the rack in a manner which reduces the likelihood of accidental release, and of permitting convenient removal of the knives from the rack. This invention is intended for use as a fixture to be affixed to a vertical surface.

Abstract: A toy comprising a hollow body member having a plurality of differently configurated openings and a plurality of block members corresponding in cross-sectional configuration to the openings. In a preferred embodiment the hollow body member is formed as two halves joined together by a spring means which permits the member to be "broken apart" to release the individual pieces. The holes in the hollow body member are located on plane defining portions which are in turn located adjacent curvilinear surface portions of said hollow body member. The block members can be used individually as molds or foodstuff cutters, stacking blocks, etc.

Abstract: A multi-purpose receptacle to support various culinary implements and having interrelated supporting surfaces of varying configurations to retain such implements.