Abstract: A storage device for holding record albums.

Abstract: A storage device for holding record albums.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a trivet safety device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a trivet member and a channel insert connected to the trivet member, the channel insert includes two guide rail members separated by a fixed distance to form an insert slot for receiving the stem and block components of the safety cookware device, a stem channel and block locking components coupled to the two guide rail members, and back support rails coupled to stem channel and block locking components.

Abstract: An apparatus for protecting glassware particularly those pieces of glassware having stems from being damaged when placed in a dishwasher or a sink. The apparatus comprises a shroud having an opening at one end to receive the glassware so that the shroud surrounds the glassware, wherein the shroud has at least one perforation on a side thereof and at least one perforation on a top thereof. Multiple shrouds of varying size can be provided which are similar in shape so as to be stackable onto each other.

Abstract: A glass storage tool capable of preventing a glass from being broken is provided. The glass storage tool includes: a side wall that surrounds a glass; and a bottom plate that has a glass placement part on which the glass is placed and of which the glass placement part is held at a position higher than a lower end of the side wall. The glass placement part has a substantially circular opening and two or more annular support parts substantially concentrically arranged within the opening, an outermost one of the annular support parts is connected to a circumferential edge part of the opening by three or more beam parts extending in a radial direction, and the annular support parts are mutually connected by three or more beam parts extending in the radial direction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a safety grate and safety cookware system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a safety cookware device having a heated cookware appliance and a keyed safety locking member, and a keyed safety burner grate having an outer frame, raised metal fingers, a grate locking component connected to the first rail member and the second rail member, the grate locking component may include a keyed slot for receiving the keyed block member when inserted into the keyed slot.

Abstract: A support apparatus for a plate and a beverage container is provided. The support apparatus allows a user to handle food, drink and a napkin, preferably in one hand, at a cocktail reception or other venue where the patrons stand and mingle. This allows the user to freely use his or her opposite hand for eating, drinking, greeting or gesturing.

Abstract: A product display assembly includes a body, at least one support, and at least one product holder. The body defines an interior volume and includes a base. The at least one support is mounted to the base of the body, and disposed within the interior volume. The support includes a foot and a stem extending from the foot. The foot is mounted to the base of the body and defines a foot plane, and the stem extends from the foot at an oblique angle to the foot plane. The at least one product holder is mounted to the at least one support, and is configured to hold a product at an orientation that is oblique to the foot plane.

Abstract: A product holder has a base extending between a forward wall and a rearward wall. The product holder has a plurality of product holding slots positioned between a forward wall and a rearward wall. The product holder has at least two reliefs that are arranged to receive a placard. The product holder is provided in a mirror image format so that two product holders can be attached to a structural support to define a product display.

Abstract: A vent blade device mounting assembly (20). The assembly (20) including a first body part (24), a static jaw (38), a movable jaw (34), a spring (32), a second body part (26) and a link means (30). The static jaw (38) extends from the first body part (24). The movable jaw (34) extends from the first body part (24). The spring (32) biases the movable jaw (34) towards the static jaw (38). The second body part (26) telescopically mounts to the first body part (24). The link means (30) is between the second body part (26) and the movable jaw (34). Depression of the second body (26) part inwardly into the first body part (24) drives the link means (30) which in turn drives the movable jaw (34) away from the static jaw (38) against the bias of the spring (32).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of devices for holding, conjoining and/or securing a cup and plate.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to rack systems for housing computing devices. The rack may include shelves supported by flanges of a pair of corresponding inserts. The flanges may be spaced along the length of each of the inserts. The distance between the flanges may define the height of a shelf when placed in the rack. The pair of corresponding inserts may be placed along an inner sidewall of the rack by mating hooks of the inserts with corresponding slots of the inner sidewall and subsequently removed by demating the hooks and slots. For example, a pair of inserts with one distance between the flanges may be replaced by a pair of inserts with another distance between the flanges in order to increase the shelf height of the rack. By replacing the shelves and/or the inserts, a user may quickly and easily in order to reconfigure the rack.

Abstract: A party plate composite for use at social gatherings and the like that serves as a plate for food as well as a holder for an eating utensil, a napkin, and a beverage container, to enable the user to hold all with one hand while leaving the other hand free to shake hands with others, or use a cell phone, to use the eating utensil or napkin, or to drink the beverage, the party plate composite comprising (a) a plate component for depositing food upon the upper surface thereof, and having an aperture depending through the upper and lower surfaces of the plate component, (b) a coupler component for disposition into the aperture and for attachment within the aperture, and (c) a beverage container holder component appropriately attached to the lower portion of the coupler component.

Abstract: A holding rack allows a cook to remove scoops or Spoodles without searching through a drawer. The holding rack provides quick and easy access to allow the cook to get to the appropriate size scoop or Spoodle by allowing the items to be easily visualized and grasped without having to move other items about. The holding rack prevents contamination and time consumption that can occur when rummaging through a drawer for a desired utensil.

Abstract: A storage rack assembly comprising a configurable hanging frame and one or more replaceable support elements is described. The support elements may be detachably affixed to the hanging frame. The support elements can provide a holding support at separate elevated positions along the longitudinal direction of the hanging frame. The hanging frame can have one or more frame elements detachably coupled in sequence. The frame elements can include a top frame element adapted to be mounted on an upright surface. Each frame element can have a pair of mounting arms defined with one or more pairs of receiving structures transversely for the separate elevated positions. Each support element can have an engaging structure to be removably coupled with a pair of the receiving structures of a corresponding pair of the mounting arms.

Abstract: A display fixture includes a fixed component including a product receiving portion and an elongated spine portion, a first adjustable component insertably engaged with the elongated spine portion and including a product receiving portion and an adjustment portion, a second adjustable component insertably engaged with the elongated spine portion and including a product receiving portion and an adjustment portion, a third adjustable component insertably engaged with the elongated spine portion and including a product receiving portion and an adjustment portion. The first adjustable component operates to slidably adjust a distance between the product receiving portion of the fixed component and the product receiving portion of the first adjustable component, while the second adjustable component and the third adjustable component operate to slidably adjust a distance between the product receiving portion of the second adjustable component and the product receiving portion of the third adjustable component.

Abstract: A bracket for supporting and displaying a planar object comprises an elongated body member including a planar web and a front wall and a rear wall extending from the longitudinal edges of the web. An end wall extends transversely with respect to and engages the distal ends of the web, the front wall and the rear wall such that the web and the front and rear walls and the end wall define a longitudinal channel open at the proximal end and closed at the distal end for supporting the objects. A pair of arms extend rearwardly from the body member. At least one of the arms is resiliently deflectable for engagement and retention of the lugs in an aperture of a mounting substrate. During connection, lugs on the arms are adapted to engage the portion of the mounting substrate defining the aperture for moving the arms inwardly so that the lugs pass through the aperture for permitting the arms to move outwardly and the lugs to engage the mounting substrate.

Abstract: An inventive dish support assembly utilizes shapes in a pair of cylindrical structural supports such as wire members to support dinnerware including a plate or dish. The dish support assembly may include a third member base support which supports the pair of structural supports. The structural supports may include a second supportive length paralleling a first plate support length for added strength.

Abstract: Plate stacking device comprising a vertical column with one or more side faces provided with plate supports. Each plate support comprises two upper projections horizontally in line with each other, and a lower projection which is longer than the two upper projections and which lies at a distance below the two upper projections. The upper projections projecting from a side face are lateral extensions of adjacent column walls.

Abstract: An inventive dish support assembly utilizes slots in a pair of panels to support dinnerware including a plate or dish. The dish support assembly may include a third member support which supports the pair of panels pivotably. The third member support may be supported by the pair of panels and another support structure. A set of equations define the most preferable shapes of the slots including an upper curved surface opposite a lower generally straighter surface with consideration of several sources of relaxation from a geometric description of the most preferable shapes. To insure a conforming capture of the supported structures, the respective slots or cut-outs may be covered with a resilient covering.

Abstract: A lid holder device is disclosed. The lid holder device includes a cupped holding portion that has a bottom collection portion and 4 curved indentures that are positioned to hold and accommodate a pot lid and one or more other kitchen utensils in an upright position to collect and contain condensation and material from the pot lid and the one or more other kitchen utensils and a base is attached and disposed underneath the bottom collection portion of the cupped holding portion to support the cupped holding portion, wherein the cupped holding portion and the base form the lid holder device into one piece.

Abstract: An inventive dish support assembly utilizes slots in a pair of panels to support dinnerware including a plate or dish. The dish support assembly may include a third member support which supports the pair of panels pivotably. The third member support may be supported by the pair of panels and another support structure. A set of equations define the most preferable shapes of the slots including an upper curved surface opposite a lower generally straighter surface with consideration of several sources of relaxation from a geometric description of the most preferable shapes. To insure a conforming capture of the supported structures, the respective slots or cut-outs may be covered with a resilient covering.

Abstract: An interlocking assembly of two generally rectangular panels with one of each of their edges aligned proximately to each other at a generally orthogonal engagement, each of the panels including a plurality of matching recess cut-outs in the adjacent edges in which dishes can be engaged in a cantilevered manner. Each of the cut-outs is shaped to include a convex curvature in its lower edge which is opposed by a spaced, generally matching convolution in the upper edge to serve respectively as a large diameter fulcrum to cooperate with an off-set periphery engaging opposing surface between which the dish is captured. To insure a conforming capture the cut-out edges may be covered with a resilient covering.

Abstract: An interlocking assembly of two generally rectangular panel pairs hinged to each other with one edge of each of the panels including a plurality of recess cut-outs aligned adjacent matching cut-outs in an adjacent edge of the other panel of the respective panel pair in which dishes can be engaged in a cantilevered manner. A telescoping handle extends across the two generally rectangular panel pairs to select the degree of the hinged articulation between the panels of the two generally rectangular panel pairs. To insure a conforming capture of the dishes the respective cut-outs may be covered with a resilient covering.

Abstract: A device is provided for neatly organizing and storing containers and lids by combining a unique attachment mechanism and hanging system. The attachment mechanism and containers and lids are uniquely designed to provide stationary and compact storage. The attachment mechanism may include a lip to ensure the containers and lids remain in their desired location. The containers and lids are centered on the device and snap together for added security. The device can be attached to counter tops, drawers, and closet doors for easy access.

Abstract: A rack system for use with a kitchen sink is disclosed. The rack system comprises a support structure configured to span between opposite sides of the sink, a soaker receptacle provided at a first portion of the support structure and a substantially horizontal support surface provided at a second portion of the support structure. The soaker receptacle is configured to retain a liquid used for soaking at least one utensil. The support structure is configured to support the soaker receptacle such that a bottom portion of the soaker receptacle is offset from a bottom wall of the sink.

Abstract: A basket assembly for holding items such as silverware and the like in a dishwashing appliance is provided. The dishwashing appliance has a rack member movable into and out of a tub portion, wherein the basket assembly is received and supported by the rack member. The basket assembly comprises a plurality of wall members cooperating to form a compartment defining a compartment opening. A lid member is coupled to the compartment about the compartment opening. The lid member defines a lid plane and is configured to be pivotable about a pivot axis, disposed medially across the lid member and extending along the lid plane, between a first position with the lid member extending across the compartment opening, and a second position with the lid member extending substantially perpendicularly to the compartment opening. An associated apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: An adjustable plate stand including a plurality of plates configured to hold foodstuffs thereon, a support rod configured to be arranged vertically and support the plurality of plates thereon, and a locking mechanism associated with each of the plurality of plates to lock each of the plurality of plates with respect to the support rod and further configured to allow the plurality of plates to move with respect to the support rod.

Abstract: A bussing and dishwasher tray has a floor section. The floor section is grated. A wall section extends up from a perimeter of the floor section. A plurality of holding members is formed on the floor section. A plurality of container sections is formed along an interior surface area of the wall section.

Abstract: An interlocking assembly of two generally rectangular panels with one of each of their edges aligned proximately to each other at a generally orthogonal engagement, each of the panels including a plurality of matching recess cut-outs in the adjacent edges in which dishes can be engaged in cantilever. Each of the cut-outs is shaped tom include a convex curvature in its lower edge which is opposed by a spaced, generally matching convolution in the upper edge to serve respectively as a large diameter fulcrum to cooperate with an off-set periphery engaging opposing surface between which the dish is captured. To insure a conforming capture the cut-out edges may be covered with a resilient covering.

Abstract: An interlocking assembly of two generally rectangular panel pairs hinged to each other with one edge of each of the panels including a plurality of recess cut-outs aligned adjacent matching cut-outs in the adjacent edge of the other one of the panel pair in which dishes can be engaged in cantilever. A telescoping handle extends across the hinged panel combination to select the degree of the hinged articulation between the panels. To insure a conforming capture of the dishes the respective cut-out edges may be covered with a resilient covering.

Abstract: A dish caddy includes a base frame formed of multiple, tiered circular racks with vertical support rods attached to the periphery thereof. Each rack includes a wedge-shaped notch formed on its periphery. Superimposed on an upper end of the base frame is a dome-shaped cover having a handle attached thereto. To transport multiple plates to a table, a waiter places each plate on one of the tiered racks and grasps the handle with either hand. The frame is then transported to the table where the waiter can easily remove and serve each plate.

Abstract: A dish rack comprises a tubular hub with a bottom segment and an outwardly flared top segment. An inner ledge supports a funnel and a flat-panel grate. The funnel may be molded together with the hub, eliminating the ledge. The rear of the hub is a vertical splash guard rising above the height of the front of the hub. A removable drainage tray is configured to slide into the bottom segment at the front of the hub. Cutouts on the bottom segment define hand-hold cavities. Handles are located on the exterior of the flared top segment to also serve as dish towel drying bars. The flat-panel grate is preferably configured with a slot to support and cradle a dish edge. An optional utensil holder is preferably configured to be supported by the flat-plate grate at the inner periphery of the flared top segment.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for providing a storage rack for cooking utensils, such as skillets and the like, that can be adjusted to accommodate cooking utensils having different characteristics. Adjustment of the rack is accomplished by assessing a particular cooking utensil and bending one or more bendable members to define a slot between two of the bendable members that is of a width that potentially accommodates the cooking utensil. In another embodiment, a bendable handle support member is provided that is capable of being moved between two positions, one of which supports an extended handle of a cooking utensil in an elevated position and the other of which does not support the handle in an elevated position. In yet a further embodiment, a bendable positioner is provided that can be bent to engage a surface adjacent to a support surface and prevent the base from moving.

Abstract: A cooking utensil support apparatus for catching and containing runoff from supported cooking utensils has a support body with an integral depressed catch well or basin. The support body further has a pair of spaced-apart and mutually parallel walls, each terminating upwardly in a top edge. The top edge of each wall has a plurality of slots for resting cooking utensils therein. The slots extend downwardly from the top edges in mutually aligned pairs between the walls. A tray is positioned below where the working ends of utensils are positioned when resting in the slots so that runoff drips into the tray for easy disposal.

Abstract: A plate, glass and cutlery-holding unit (10, 10?) I suitable for housing plates and/or saucers (11), glasses (12) and cutlery (13) comprises at least two portions (20,30, 30?, 30?) hinged together so that the unit can take up a closed position in which it is intended to house just cutlery, and an open position in which the unit can house plates, saucers, glasses and cutlery.

Abstract: A kitchen cooking apparatus which allows the cook a convenient area to place his or her cooking pot or pan covers during the cooking process or when not cooking a place to store pot or pan covers. The device consists of a frame pivotally connected to at least one pot cover support which is connected to at least two pot cover support legs which are movable between a fully expanded position and a fully collapsed position. The apparatus has a removable drip tray for catching and holding cooking juices during the cooking process, which doubles as place to hold cooking utensils. Upon completion of the cooking the drip tray can be removed and the apparatus either left open for cover storage or snapped shut for drawer storage.

Abstract: A dishwasher rack basket assembly that includes a water impervious basket of open mesh construction, the basket is selectively positionable between a first size and a second size, the first size securing small items while permitting flow of liquid therethrough, the second size smaller than the first size and not securing small items while permitting flow of liquid therethrough, and a projection positioned on the basket, wherein the projection is engageable to transform the basket from the first size to the second size.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rack including fingers which are pivotally mounted so that when an actuator is moved to an extended condition the fingers will simultaneously move to an extended position approximately perpendicular to the upper surface of the rack so that items may be placed thereon for uses such as drying. The fingers are pivotally attached to the actuator so that, upon movement to a retracted position, the fingers will pivot downward and to a retracted position below the upper surface providing a flat rack that is easily stored. The rack also includes a liquid indicator for identifying whether liquid is present within a base of the rack.

Abstract: A dish rack has a rack portion having a tray, the tray having an opening. The dish rack also includes a ramp provided below the tray and positioned to receive water that flows through the opening of the tray. The ramp has a front end, a rear end, and a water outlet provided at the front end, the ramp being angled so that water flows from the rear end to the front end and then through the water outlet.

Abstract: A dish rack has a collector tray that has a compartment. A retaining block is seated in the compartment for holding knives or other utensils having sharp edges.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a base member formed from wire strands conjoined to each other, defining outwardly flanging sides and a bottom surface. One wire has a unitary body provided with ends disposed along sides of the base, support pegs monolithically formed therewith, and lip portions spaced along a longitudinal length of the base member. The wire further has an annular portion monolithically formed with the lip portions, extending upwardly from the base member and traveling inwardly towards a center thereof. Another wire has opposed ends conjoined to the annular portion and one of the base member sides. A tray is seated on the base member and includes a bottom surface and monolithically formed edges. The tray is positioned beneath the annular portion for catching fluids and debris. Rubber caps are positioned about the support pegs for increasing surface area friction and assisting to maintain the apparatus at a stable position.

Abstract: Lid holder stands hold pot and pan lids. A cylindrical base has two lid slots, a lid holder slot, and a spoon slot in the top of its sidewall. A base screw hole is present in the portion of the sidewall forming the lid holder slot. A screw is passed through a lid holder screw hole in one end of an arctuate lid holder and inserted into the base screw hole to removably attach one end of the lid holder to the base within the lid holder slot. A lid can have its sidewall removably inserted into the lid slots 24 and the middle of its underside supported by the opposing end of the lid holder, and a spoon can have its handle rested in the spoon slot. The base and lid holder are made of dishwasher safe PVC.

Abstract: A plate is detachably mounted on a portable support capable of holding a beverage and other accessories, especially eating utensils.

Abstract: A roller board display device includes a base having two lugs on a side thereof and two stubs extend from bottom of said base so that the display devices can be connected in series by inserting the stubs in the holes of lugs. A rest board is connected to said top surface of said base and a recess is defined in said rest board. One of the roller frame is engaged with the notch in the rest board and an end of the roller board is engaged with two recesses defined in a top surface of the base. A side of the roller board may also be engaged with the two recesses and the other side of the roller board is rested on the rest board.

Abstract: A compact disk (CD) holder. The CDs rest in elongated slots cut into bow-shaped base and cover member. A pliable gasket between the members provides friction to retain the CDs.

Abstract: A multi-function display rack includes a base having four corners provided with four an upwardly extending stop blocks. A slot is formed between two adjacent stop blocks and a rectangular opening is formed at an intermediate portion of the base. The rack further includes a slider having two shoulders at two opposites sides thereof and a through hole, having a larger diameter at a lower portion thereof, formed at a central portion thereof. The slider being fitted in the rectangular opening with the shoulders bearing against the bottom side of the base thereby enabling the slider to move along the rectangular opening.

Abstract: A multi-functional display rack which includes a base having four corners provided with four an upwardly extending stop blocks, a slot formed between two adjacent stop blocks, and a rectangular opening formed at an intermediate portion of the base, a slider having two shoulders at two opposites sides thereof and a through hole at a central portion thereof, the slider being fitted in the rectangular opening with the shoulders bearing against a bottom side of the base thereby enabling the slider to move along the rectangular opening, the through hole having a larger diameter at a lower portion thereof, a rotatable seat having a downwardly extending tubular portion having a flange at a lower end thereof and a through hole extending through a center of the tubular portion, the rotatable seat being mounted on the base with the tubular portion extending downwardly through the rectangular opening to engage with the through hole of the slider with the flange engaged with the larger diameter of the slider thus enablin

Abstract: A plate rail with a base having an upstanding arm removably mounted thereto. The arm has a support position supporting the backside of a plate leaning thereagainst such that the frontside of the plate is displayed. The arm is removable from the base while the arm is in the support position by rectilinear upward withdrawal of the arm from the base. An add-on lower leg may be positioned beneath the base so that the plate rail is changed in attitude with respect to a horizontal surface on which the plate rail rests. The upstanding arm may be reversible in placement in the base so that the upstanding arm has a first orientation with regard to the base in use with the add-on leg, and a second orientation with regard to the base in use without the add-on leg.