Abstract: A tethered chest pouch assembly for carrying a personal electronic device comprises a pouch having a closable opening configured to receive a personal electronic device. The assembly additionally comprises a base panel configured to be worn by a user in or around the user's chest area. The pouch is postionable with respect to the panel in at least: a closed position in which the pouch is releasably fastened substantially flat against the panel; an open position in which a top of the pouch is rotated outwardly from the panel while the pouch remains attached to the panel near a lower edge of the pouch; and a tethered position in which the pouch is tethered to the panel. The pouch may additionally be completely decoupled from the base panel.

Abstract: A wearable carrying system for a container such as a backpack or a bag has one or two straps that extend over the shoulder(s) and torso of a user. The strap or straps include a bladder system that is sequentially inflated or deflated by the controllable introduction and removal of a fluid into and out of the bladder system. A shoulder pad is located on a portion of the strap, the shoulder pad having an additional controllable bladder system to adjust the load bearing position of a strap on the shoulder of a user.

Abstract: A collapsible, reusable drinking container is provided having a first opening suitable for pouring and filling, a second opening for accessing the interior of the container for cleaning, and a flexible straw for drinking the contents while the container is held in an upright position. The first opening is reversibly sealed with a cap, the second opening with an interlocking ridge and groove fastener, and the straw is reversibly sealed using a plug, a cap, a push-pull cap, a reversibly discontinuous portion of the straw, or an element for reversibly kinking the straw. The straw is attached to the container wall, to the cap for sealing the first opening, or to the fastener for sealing the second opening.

Abstract: A hammock assembly is provided and includes a fastening system, a hammock, a first cover, and a second cover. The fastening system includes a first tape section and second tape section corresponding to the first tape section. The hammock includes a hammock body with the first tape section attached to an edge thereof. The first cover has a cover body with the second tape section attached to an edge thereof, the cover removably attachable to the hammock by connecting the first tape section and the second tape section. The second cover is a permeable netting and includes the second tape section attached to an edge thereof. The second cover convertible with first cover and removably attachable to the hammock by connecting the first tape section and the second tape section.

Abstract: A portable staked accessory holder is an apparatus that mounted into the ground to uphold various small items. The apparatus includes a tray, a telescopic post assembly, and a stake. The tray upholds small items such as a beverage cup or a small plate. The telescopic post assembly offsets the tray from the ground and is height adjustable. The stake drives into and mounts into the ground. The apparatus further includes a beverage holder, an electronic device holder, and a spring clamp. The beverage holder attaches a beverage with the telescopic post assembly so that the tray remains uninhibited and the space of the tray is maximized. The electronic device holder upholds an electronic device such as a smart phone with the beverage holder for easy access. The spring clamp allows the beverage holder, and consequently the electronic device holder to be attached and removed with the telescopic post assembly.

Abstract: A toothbrush apparatus including a handle, and attached first and second U-shaped members, each having first and second sections which are substantially parallel to each other and a third section which is substantially perpendicular to the first and second sections of the respective U-shaped member, which connects the first and second sections of the respective U-shaped member together. The second U-shaped member is attached to the handle, so that the U-shape of the first U-shaped member faces in a substantially opposite direction from the U-shape of the second U-shaped member; and wherein a plurality of toothbrush bristles project from each of the first, second, and third sections of the first and second U-shaped members. One or more channels may be located in the handle, permitting a liquid to flow through at least part of the handle and into an area enclosed by the sections of the respective U-shaped members.

Abstract: A personal care implement includes a treatment device having a longitudinal axis and including a treatment portion having at least one treatment element; a connection portion having a main body and a first resilient snap attachment protruding from the main body, the main body formed of a first material having a first hardness and the first resilient snap attachment formed of a second material having a second hardness, the first hardness being greater than the second hardness; and the treatment device is alterable between: (1) a detached state; and (2) an assembled state in which the treatment device is detachably coupled to a grip section such that the first resilient snap attachment cooperates with and engages a first engagement portion of the grip section to secure the treatment device to the grip section.

Abstract: A picnic table includes a table panel, one or more bench panels and a supporting frame to support the table and bench panels. The supporting frame includes first and second supporting assemblies, each including a table support and one or more bench supports. The supporting frame further includes a table frame and one or more bench frames. The table frame rotatably connects the table support of each of the first and second supporting assemblies with the table panel. Each bench frame rotatably connects a bench support of each of the first and second supporting assemblies with a bench panel. The table support of each of the first and second supporting assemblies is adjustable in length. Adjusting the length of the table support changes the height of the table panel with respect to the one or more bench panels.

Abstract: An adjustable power and data rail for static height and vertically adjustable desks. The adjustable power and data rail fits between the static height and vertically adjustable desks and expands as needed either horizontally or vertically to match the installation configuration with paired multiple desks. The power and data rail provides connectivity for each of the static height or vertically adjustable desks to data and power connectors.

Abstract: The present invention provides an artificial intelligence refrigerated tea table. The artificial intelligence refrigerated tea table comprises: an upper cover unit; a lifting unit, which is provided below the upper cover unit, wherein a top end of the lifting unit is connected to the upper cover unit; a lower housing unit, which is provided below the upper cover unit, wherein a bottom end of the lifting unit is connected to the lower housing unit; an LED light unit and a button, wherein the LED light unit and the button are both provided on the upper cover unit. The artificial intelligence refrigerated tea table provided by the present invention has the functions of a tea table and a refrigerator, which can be used as a tea table as well as a refrigerator and can refrigerate water and beverage, etc. The implantation of artificial intelligence can interact with people, process human voice and immediately feed the corresponding result back, which is more intelligent and humanized in use.

Abstract: A module for forming kitchen furniture includes a bearing frame made of metallic sheets, and one or more covering elements arranged to cover at least one part of the bearing frame.

Abstract: A surface protection device and a method for mounting the same on a terminal end of a furniture leg are provided. The surface protection device is defined by a furniture glide including a furniture glide base having an upper surface directable towards the terminal end of the furniture leg and a lower surface interconnected by an outer periphery. A fastener extends from the furniture glide base along an axis and has a first end and a second end receivable in the terminal end of the furniture leg for frictionally connecting the furniture glide base to the furniture leg. A cup has an outer surface and an inner surface defining a cavity for receiving the furniture glide base therein. Matted material is molded into the outer surface of the cup.

Abstract: An example modular artist studio easel system includes a first mast member pivotally attached to first base member, and a second mast member pivotally attached to a second base member. Support arms are attached between the base members and the mast members. Cross members are slidably connected between the first mast member and the second mast member to adjust a width between the first mast member and the second mast member. A first back support is mounted to the first mast member, and a second back support is mounted to the second mast member, for supporting at least one canvas thereon. A first upper edge support and a first lower edge are mounted on the second back support. A second upper edge support and a second lower edge are mounted on the second back support.

Abstract: A control system for controlling an adjusting drive for an item of furniture includes a control device connected to the adjusting drive, and a first operating unit. The control device is configured to receive signals from the first operating unit transmitted wirelessly via a transmission unit over a first transmission link, and to control the adjusting drive as a function of the signals received. The control device is also configured to receive further signals from a second operating unit transmitted wirelessly via the transmission unit over a second transmission link and to control the adjusting drive as a function of the further signals received. The second transmission link differs from the first transmission link.

Abstract: A seat is disclosed herein having a backrest, a base for receiving a posterior of a human user, and an incline adjuster having a shaft, a lever, a follower, and a rack the shaft being moveable to swing the lever to cause a follower into or out of locking engagement with the rack, an arrangement being such that when the follower is in an unlocked disposition the rack can move to adjust an incline of the backrest and the base.

Abstract: A chair power apparatus is disclosed and described herein. An example apparatus includes a first coil separate from a chair, the first coil to receive a first electric current. The example apparatus includes a second coil in the chair to generate a second electric current from a magnetic field formed when the second coil is in proximity to the first coil. The example apparatus includes a circuit in the chair to be powered using the second electric current. An example chair apparatus includes a chair base including a first coil to receive a magnetic field generated by a first electric current applied to a second coil when the second coil is positioned within range of the first coil, the first coil to generate a second electric current from the magnetic field; and a circuit to be powered using the second electric current.

Abstract: A bed frame convenient for changing bed sheets includes a base, a rotation module for accommodating a mattress located above the base, a sliding module located between the rotation module and the base, a sliding device located between the sliding module and the base, wherein the sliding module is able to slide along a length of the base through the sliding device, and a rotation device located between the sliding module and the rotation module, wherein the rotation module is able to rotate around a central axis of the sliding module. Through the cooperation of the sliding device and the rotation device, a staff is able to change the bed sheet only by standing in one position, which greatly saves energy and time of the staff. After changing the bed sheet every time, the mattress is rotated exactly 180 degrees, which is able to extend the life of the mattress.

Abstract: The present invention is a lower back restoration device to keep the legs in a position in which the lower back and knees form a desired angle. The device has an elevated base portion comprising of leg receiving channels to position the legs of the user bent at the knees at approximately 90 degrees. The base has a height that is substantially adjustable to the length of the upper legs of the user. The device keeps the knees in separated position and symmetrically spaced from each other and keeps the legs in-line and prevent of twisting the lower back, thereby keeps the lower back in neutral position and removes the pressure from the lower back.

Abstract: A mattress 100 includes a movable part 1 and a mattress body 2 including a first mattress part 21 disposed above the movable part 1, and a second mattress part 22 provided separately from the first mattress part 21 and disposed to surround the first mattress part in a plan view. The first mattress part 21 is configured to rotate upward about the predetermined rotation axis by the movable part 1.

Abstract: A pneumatically adjustable bladder system (90) for use in a cushioned seat bottom (24) has one or two rear foam filled bladders (62, 64) for location under the ischial tuberosities of a seated occupant of the seat bottom, and one or more expansion chambers (14, 16) or front foam filled bladders (66, 68) for location under the thighs of the seated occupant. There are air passageways (70, 72, 74, 92) interconnecting the bladders with each other or with an expansion chamber. The system is air tight and the bladders are compressible under the weight of the seated occupant and are expandable when the weight is removed. The compression of a bladder causes air therewith in to be displaced through the air passageways to the expansion chambers or to the other bladders, which then expand.

Abstract: The medical furniture cover includes a plurality of surfaces being formed of a thermoplastic material, the plurality of surfaces including an upper surface and a plurality of side surfaces integral with and extending from the upper surface, the upper and side surfaces being configured to cover corresponding surfaces of a medical furniture. The upper surface is sized to fit the length and the width of the medical furniture, and the cover has an opening opposite the upper surface for fitting the cover over the medical furniture. A periphery of the opening is formed by distal ends of the side surfaces, and an elastic band is attached to the cover and extends along the periphery of the opening for securing the cover to the medical furniture.

Abstract: In accordance with the subject invention, an infant safety barrier is provided which includes: a first mounting body; a second mounting body; a first stanchion pivotably mounted to the first mounting body so as to be reversibly pivotable between upright and non-upright positions; a second stanchion pivotably mounted to the second mounting body so as to be reversibly pivotable between upright and non-upright positions; and, an elongated flexible barrier a first end secured to the first stanchion and a second end secured to the second stanchion, wherein, with the first and second stanchions being in the upright positions, the flexible barrier is relatively taut between the first and second stanchions. Advantageously, with the subject invention, an infant safety barrier is provided which can be reversibly adjusted between an upright safety position, to restrict an infant's fall from an elevated location, and a non-upright position, allowing access to the infant.

Abstract: A container for holding and dispensing product has an upper inlet opening, a lower outlet opening and walls. Side walls and a downwardly sloping bottom wall defining an interior space for product. An outlet valve member is connected to a handle and arranged at the outlet opening for selectively allowing outward flow of the product through the outlet opening by manual operation of the handle. A body of the container has two mutually opposing first sidewalls, a second sidewall forming a rear wall and a forwardly sloping bottom wall. A front piece of the body forms a third side wall and is releasably fixed to a front portion of the body. The outlet valve member is connected to the handle by at least one cylindrical shaft received between a first semi circular recess arranged in the body and a second semi circular recess arranged in the front piece.

Abstract: A security gate for a retail store shelf having one or more products includes a header and at least one hinge arranged in a horizontal alignment with the header. A rigid frame is connected to the header with the at least one hinge and a guard is positioned across the rigid frame, the guard preventing a user from removing the products. A latching mechanism connects the rigid frame to the header and urges a customer to use two hands to open the security gate.

Abstract: A system 1001 comprises a display unit 1002 and shelves 4. The display unit has an open front chamber 50 for storing food products, lower and upper air ducts 32, 34, a fan 36, and an air refrigerator 44. At least one wall is transparent. The display unit further comprises a conduit wall 88, parallel to the transparent wall for creating an air conduit 90. The air conduit comprises a first conduit inlet 92, a second conduit inlet 94, and a conduit outlet 96. The first conduit inlet is in fluid connection with one of the lower and upper air ducts for diverting a portion of the air moving through the relevant air duct into the air conduit. The second conduit inlet is in fluid connection with ambient air outside of the display unit.

Abstract: A system comprises a display unit and shelves. The display unit has an open front chamber for storing food products, a lower air duct with a lower front inlet, an upper air duct with an upper front outlet, a fan and an air refrigerator. The upper front outlet is directed at the lower front inlet for creating an air curtain in front of the open front. At least one of the shelves is a hollow shelf with an inner space, a shelf air outlet at a front side, a shelf air inlet at a back side, a fan, and a shelf heater. The fan is in fluid connection with the shelf air inlet and the shelf air outlet for moving air from the shelf air inlet through the hollow shelf to the shelf air outlet.

Abstract: A skateboard-deck wall hanger includes a base that has a central portion and a plurality of legs connected to and extending away from the central portion. Each leg of the plurality of legs is oriented to extend toward a wall when the base is mounted on the wall. The skateboard-deck wall hanger also includes four posts to be inserted into four respective holes on a skateboard deck. The four posts extend outward from the base and have a spacing that corresponds to a spacing of the four holes. The four posts are oriented to extend away from the wall when the base is mounted on the wall.

Abstract: An apparatus of a vase operable to hold a decorative object, is disclosed. The apparatus includes an opening configured to receive the decorative object. The apparatus includes a base configured to provide support for the vase. The apparatus includes a body extending vertically between the opening and the base. The apparatus includes a storage container rotatably coupled to the vase.

Abstract: An improved handmade article of linen and/or bedclothes (1) comprising two padded bedclothes items (2, 3) which are facing and opposite each other, are quilted according to modular squares or sectors scheme (4), comprise a plurality of inner spacer tabs (5) which are arranged inside the padded bedclothes items (2, 3) which are firmly connected with and which separate each other the quilted squares (4) of each of the padded bedclothes items (2, 3), the bedclothes items (2, 3) being also connected each other through junction means (6) in such a way as to define between the bedclothes items (2, 3) a hygroscopic interstitial chamber (7) suitable to increase the breathability and thermoregulation of the article (1).

Abstract: A bed cover clasp system (20) can include a bed (10) having a top surface (5) and corners (4), a bed cover (6) having a shape substantially matching the shape of the top surface of the bed and including a number of corners (7), a strap (24) attached to each of the recessed corners (22) of the bed, and a strap (8) attached to each of the corners of the bed cover. The system further includes a first clasp mechanism portion (26 and/or 28) attached to each strap (24) attached the recessed corners of the bed and a second clasp mechanism portion (9) attached to the corners of the bed cover where the first clasp mechanism and second clasp mechanism portions cause the bed cover to evenly cover the top surface of the bed when each of the first clasp mechanism portions correspondingly mate with the second clasp mechanism portions.

Abstract: A combination pillow and sleeping bag is described. The combination pillow and sleeping bag is configurable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The combination pillow and sleeping bag includes a first pillow portion and a second pillow portion detachably coupled to the first pillow portion. The second pillow portion defines a cavity. The combination pillow and sleeping bag also includes a sleeping bag having a first end coupled to the first pillow portion and a second end coupled to the second pillow portion. When in the first configuration, the first and second pillow portions are coupled together and the sleeping bag is positioned within the cavity of the second pillow portion. When in the second configuration, the first and second pillow portions are detached from one another and spaced apart such that the sleeping bag extends between the first and second pillow portions.

Abstract: An electronic package includes a substrate having a plurality of lands embedded within an insulating layer. Conductive patterns are disposed on at least a portion of a respective land top surface. An electronic device is electrically connected to the conductive patterns, wherein the land bottom surfaces are exposed to the outside. In another embodiment, the top land surfaces and the top surface of the insulating layer are substantially co-planar and the conductive patterns further overlap portions of the top surface of the insulating layer. In one embodiment, a package body encapsulates the top surface of the insulating material and the electronic device, wherein the land bottom surfaces are exposed to the outside of the package body.

Abstract: A husband pillow for ergonomically supporting a user includes a central supporting pillow having at least two arm support members extending from the central supporting pillow, an adjustable neck support member being cylindrical in shape and having an outer surface, and a bungee cord attached to the neck support member and the central support pillow, wherein the neck support member is freely adjustable and detachably attached using the bungee cord, the bungee cord having one end attached to a top surface of the central supporting pillow and another end attached to the outer surface of the adjustable neck support member to ergonomically support a back and a neck of the user.

Abstract: Lids for a container having an external peripheral rim at the upper end thereof, the lid comprising a top wall; a peripheral skirt depending downward from the top wall and having a bottom edge larger in diameter than the rim of the container and an inside surface with a locking mechanism disposed between the bottom edge and the top wall and being adapted to receive and engage the rim; and a plurality of slots defined in skirt extending upward from the bottom edge to divide the skirt into individually resiliently flexible skirt portions.

Abstract: A display hanger for hanging first and second footwear items on a hanger support includes a base having a first and second end portions, and a central portion between the first and second end portions. A first footwear engagement element is coupled to the base at the first end portion and is rotatable relative to the base about a first rotation axis. A second footwear engagement element is coupled to the base at the second end portion and is rotatable relative to the base about a second rotation axis separate from the first rotation axis. The first and second footwear engagement elements are engageable with respective first and second footwear items. A support body is coupled to the central portion of the base and is rotatable relative to the base about a central rotation axis, with the support body being configured to be selectively engageable with the hanger support.

Abstract: A securable delivery storage container is configured to extend through a wall of a building and includes a frame assembly configured to be inserted into the wall. The frame assembly includes a first open end disposed at an exterior of the building, and an opposite second open end disposed at an interior of the building. A drawer assembly, which defines a storage area configured to receive deliverables, is slidingly coupled to the frame assembly and slidable between (i) a closed position where the drawer assembly is nested within the frame assembly to prevent access to the storage area from the building exterior, and enable access from the building interior and (ii) an open position where the drawer assembly is extended outwardly from the frame assembly to enable access to the storage area from the building exterior.

Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic spill-proof lid, comprising a pot lid and a blocking lid. The blocking lid is connected to the pot lid. The pot lid has exhaust ports corresponding to a position directly below the pot lid and an air storage space is formed between the blocking lid and the pot lid. When in use, the blocking lid is deformed by an impact of air pressure discharged from the exhaust ports, so that a passage connecting the air storage space between the blocking lid and the pot lid to outside becomes larger.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes many embodiments of devices and related methods for creating an infused extract from a mixture of infusible material and one or more liquids using “pour-over” type methodologies. Any desired infusible material can be used, as well as any desired combination of liquids.

Abstract: The invention provides a beverage preparation system (1) for the preparation of hot and cold beverages, which system comprises a hot beverage ingredient cartridge (2?), a cold beverage ingredient cartridge (2), and a beverage preparation device (4) adapted to prepare hot and cold beverages. According to the invention, the beverage preparation device (4) comprises a water dispensing manifold (10) for directing hot water and cold water to a dispensing location, the water dispensing manifold (10) comprising a feed lace (11), a cold water conduit (14) and a hot water conduit (16) that ends in a port (20) provided in a wall of the cold water conduit (14). The hot water conduit (16) has a cross section that is smaller than the cross section of the feed lance (11), such that a flow of hot water fed from the hot water conduit (16) into the feed lance (11) via the port (20) passes through part of the cold water conduit (14) and through the feed lance (11) without contacting them.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a beverage displaying a printed design image upon a foamed portion of the beverage. The invention further discloses a device and method for same. In the invention, an automated printer is used, comprising a movable printing head, loaded with an edible liquid ink, to print a design of interest upon the beverage foam. In some embodiments, the beverage is coffee and the liquid ink is a second coffee essence. The invention additionally discloses business methods comprising printing an advertisement upon a foamed portion of a beverage, or selling a beverage displaying a printed image upon a foamed portion of the beverage.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus (1) for making a beverage, comprising an infusion chamber (21) for a capsule containing a food substance, a transfer channel (32) which connects a capsule insertion opening (31) to the infusion chamber (21), an It image acquisition device (4) for acquiring at least one image of a portion of the capsule. The image acquisition device (4) includes an optical sensor (42) facing towards an image capture zone (40) which is a stretch of the transfer channel (32). A viewing window (45), made of transparent material, is interposed between the optical sensor (42) and the image capture zone (40), the viewing window (45) having a first face (451) and a second face (452). The apparatus also comprises a heating device (6, 22), which is positioned in a first region (11) which is at a height lower than a second region (12) in which the viewing window (45) is positioned. The first region (11) and the second region (12) are in communication with each other.

Abstract: A beverage brewer includes a brewing material holder and a movable water-dispensing member configured to receive a flow of liquid and including ports configured to release received liquid into the brewing material holder. The brewer can also include a water-dispersing assembly disposed above the brewing material holder to receive the flow of liquid. The movable water-dispensing member can be couplable to the water-dispersing assembly to receive the flow of liquid. The water-dispersing assembly can include a reservoir having an outlet, such as a funnel. The movable water-dispensing member can be configured to move, such as to rotate, due to a force of pressure provided by the flow of liquid. The force of pressure provided by the flow of liquid can be caused, for example, by the weight of the liquid. The reservoir can include a constricted portion providing a venturi effect.

Abstract: Beverage preparation device (1) for preparing a beverage from a beverage dose (2) comprising: —a brewing unit (3) for receiving the dose (2) and preparing a beverage from the ingredients contained within the dose and pressurized liquid injected in the dose, —a pressure pump (4) for supplying pressurized liquid to the brewing unit (3), —beverage dispensing means (5) connected to the brewing unit and comprising a beverage injector (6) arranged for dispensing the beverage through a bottom (8) of a beverage receptacle (7); wherein the beverage dispensing means (5) comprises a residual beverage draining valve (9), between the beverage injector (6) and the brewing unit (3), which is arranged to be moved between a beverage dispensing position and a residual beverage draining position, wherein the residual beverage draining valve (9) and/or the beverage receptacle (7) comprise valve activation means (10) arranged to move the draining valve between a beverage dispensing position in response to the engagement of the bo

Abstract: A coffee machine including a main body including a circuit for dispensing coffee having an inlet that can be hydraulically connected to a water supply line; a central processing and control unit configured to control at least the circuit for dispensing coffee; a communication interface configured to connect with a telecommunications network; a sensor system for the detection of parameters related to possible operation anomalies or failures of the coffee machine provided inside the main body; a peripheral processing unit at least connected to the sensor system and configured to carry out a first local processing of the data detected by the sensors and to send the locally processed data to one or more remote server by the communication interface.

Abstract: A beverage brewing system with a beverage server and a brewer. The beverage server includes an information device to store a beverage recipe. The brewer includes a communication device to wirelessly read the recipe from the beverage server. During the brewing process, the brewer reads the recipe from the beverage server and sends control signals to create a brewed beverage according to the beverage recipe.

Abstract: A grill system having a plurality of stakes that may be inserted into the ground around a campfire location. A grill may be supported by the stakes to extend over the campfire location, thereby allowing a user to use the grill for cooking. Each stake has a shaft with a plurality of tabs that extend laterally from the shaft. The tabs are spaced along shaft and may be used to support any conventional grill in a desired height over the campfire regardless of ground conditions or the shape of the grill or firepit.

Abstract: A method for operating an electric heating system of a kitchen machine and a kitchen machine for carrying out the method are proposed, wherein a measuring temperature of the heating system is determined by means of a temperature element in order to carry out a calibration of a heating element and/or to compare the measuring temperature with a heating temperature of the heating element determined by means of the heating element for identifying a critical heating state.

Abstract: An apparatus for heating food includes a base and a lid coupled to one another by a hinged handle. Two fluid-filled thermal fluid vessels with flexible surfaces are installed in the lid and base to form a chamber for holding a food item in a low temperature cooking container f. The thermal fluid vessels may be replaced with high temperature cooking plates to sear or brown the food items. A user of the appliance is protected from exposure to hot thermal fluid retained in the vessels during low temperature cooking.

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes an upper cooking surface and a lower cooking surface. The lower cooking surface employs a plurality of horizontally-offset apertures in each of the furrows formed in the lower cooking surface for facilitating the egress of cooking juices from the lower cooking surface.

Abstract: A framework for constructing free-standing counters includes opposed, rectangular first and second end frames, each having an inner face and an opposed outer face, as well as opposed, rectangular front and rear frames, each having oppositely- and outwardly-directed first and second ends. The first ends of the front and rear frames are each coupled to the inner face of the first end frame, and the second ends of the front and rear frames are each coupled to the inner face, to form a box structure having a top and an opposed bottom. The framework also includes ties which extend transversely from the first and second end frames to the front and rear frames. A leg is coupled to each tie for adjustment to extend below the bottom of the box structure.