Abstract: An implement for lifting pans from steam tables. The implement includes a pair of pivotally connected, crisscrossing levers. A first jaw is affixed to the front of one of the levers. The first jaw includes a lifting plate having an anchor portion with opposed sides and a relatively wider cantilever portion affixed to, and extending forwardly and outwardly from, the anchor portion. A pair of backstops is affixed to the lifting plate. Each of the backstops has a longitudinal portion extending upwardly from a respective one of the opposed sides of the anchor portion and a lateral portion extending outwardly from the front of a respective one of the longitudinal portions as well as upwardly from the rear of the cantilever portion. A second jaw is affixed to the other one of said levers and includes a shank portion positioned above the backstops and a hook portion extending forwardly and downwardly from the shank portion.

Abstract: An implement for lifting pans from steam tables. The implement includes a pair of pivotally connected, crisscrossing levers. A first jaw is affixed to the front of one of the levers. The first jaw includes a lifting plate having an anchor portion with opposed sides and a relatively wider cantilever portion affixed to, and extending forwardly and outwardly from, the anchor portion. A pair of backstops is affixed to the lifting plate. Each of the backstops has a longitudinal portion extending upwardly from a respective one of the opposed sides of the anchor portion and a lateral portion extending outwardly from the front of a respective one of the longitudinal portions as well as upwardly from the rear of the cantilever portion. A second jaw is affixed to the other one of said levers and includes a shank portion positioned above the backstops and a hook portion extending forwardly and downwardly from the shank portion.

Abstract: An implement for lifting pans from steam tables. The implement includes a pair of pivotally connected, crisscrossing levers. A pair of jaws, each is affixed to the front end of a respective one of the levers and extends laterally beyond the opposite sides of a respective one of the levers. One of the jaws has a lifting plate from the middle of which a backstop extends upwardly and forwardly at an acute angle to form a concavity into which the outer edge of a rim of a pan can be inserted. The other one of the jaws has a shank portion that is positioned above the backstop and a hook portion that extends downwardly from the shank portion for grasping the inner edge of a rim of a pan.