US20060011567A1 - Storage device - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A47J45/00—Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery
- A47J45/02—Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery for fastening kitchen utensils to tables, walls, or the like
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B77/00—Kitchen cabinets
- A47B77/04—Provision for particular uses of compartments or other parts ; Compartments moving up and down, revolving parts
- A47B77/14—Provision for particular uses of compartments or other parts ; Compartments moving up and down, revolving parts by incorporation of racks or supports, other than shelves, for household utensils
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- This invention relates to storage apparatus and, more particularly, to a storage apparatus for cooking vessel lids that suspend the lids by lid grips of varying sizes from the interior top of a storage cabinet and the like.
- Efficient cooking vessel lid storage in the home, in restaurants and in other food preparation establishments presents a number of problems. If, for example, the lids are stored in a cabinet with their corresponding cooking vessels, considerable storage volume is wasted because the combination of vessel and lid prevents several vessels from being nested together and stacked. Alternatively, the lids removed from the vessel are not easily stored together and compete for cabinet space with the other utensils.
- Proposals have been advanced to provide an apparatus for attachment to the interior top of a storage cabinet.
- An elongated body for example, having a channel with two widths is formed in the body to establish a wide and a narrow separation between the two tracks that the channel forms in the body.
- Lid grips which usually are thermally inulating disks of different sizes that are riveted to the centers of their respective lids, are placed on the top of the tracks with the associated lids, suspended below the tracks in the top portion of the cabinet volume.
- a pair of parallel, opposing tracks are mounted on the under surface of the top of a kitchen cabinet or shelf.
- the separation between the opposing tracks is adjustable to support different size lid grips.
- the tracks are drawn apart or pressed toward each other to form a gap that corresponds to the diameter of the grips on the lids that are to be stored.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of an illustrative embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 is a side elevation of the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a side elevation of the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1 , in use.
- a storage device 10 has a track 11 that partially overlaps a parallel track 12 .
- the track 11 has a generally flat upper surface 13 in which two elongated adjustment holes 14 , 15 are formed.
- FIG. 2 it can be seen that the track 11 has a perpendicular member 16 that protrudes from lower surface 17 of the track 11 .
- the perpendicular member 16 terminates in a flat lid grip support 20 that is disposed parallel with the lower surface 17 of the track 11 and inwardly toward the parallel track 12 .
- the track 12 also has a flat upper surface 21 that is divided by a fold 22 in the track 12 on the side of the track 12 that oriented toward the track 11 .
- a flange 23 protrudes from the fold 22 toward and beneath the lower surface 17 of the track 11 to enable a portion 24 of the track 11 to overlap the flange 23 .
- Holes 25 , 26 are formed in the flange 23 in alignment with the adjustment holes 14 , 15 , respectively, in the overlapping portion 24 of the track 11 .
- a perpendicular member 27 protrudes from lower surface 30 of the track 12 .
- the perpendicular member 30 terminates in a flat lid grip support 31 that is generally parallel with the lower surface 30 of the track 12 .
- the lid grip support moreover, is oriented not only inwardly toward the lid grip support 20 on the track 11 , but also is in alignment with the support 20 .
- a means, such as a pair of screws 32 , 33 ( FIG. 3 ) are received in the holes 25 , 26 , ( FIG. 1 ) respectively, in the track 12 .
- the screws 32 , 33 are in alignment with and also protrude through the elongated adjustment holes 14 , 15 in the track 11 to enable the track 11 to be moved toward and away from the track 12 as illustrated through arrows 34 , 35 ( FIG. 2 ).
- the storage device 10 is pressed up against the lower side of a shelf or cabinet 36 .
- the screws of which only the screw 32 is shown in FIG. 4 , are turned to penetrate the shelf 36 and to secure the storage device 10 to the lower side of the shelf 36 .
- the track 11 is pressed toward the track 12 in the direction of the arrow 34 .
- gap 40 between the lid grip supports 20 , 31 is sufficiently wide to sustain a lid grip 41 on the supports 20 , 31 , the screws 32 , 33 (only the screw 32 is shown in FIG. 4 ) are tightened to secure the storage device 10 to the shelf 36 with sufficient pressure to fix the length of the gap 40 between the supports 20 , 31 .
- cooking vessel lids in various sizes, of which the lid 37 is typical can be suspended in the cabinet space above other utensils (not shown).
- the screws 32 , 33 can, once more, be tightened to fix the length of the gap 40 in order to mount one or more cooking vessel lids on the storage device 10 .
- the storage device 10 can be formed from metal, plastic or any suitable material and used not only to stow cooking vessel lids, but any other materials that can be mounted on the tracks 11 , 12 .
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Abstract
A device for storing cooking utensil lids by suspending them from the inner upper surface of a cabinet is described. A pair of parallel tracks secured to the cabinet each have supports that engage the grips on the lids in order to store the lids in the space above the cabinet base. The tracks are movable relative to each other to form a gap that can be adjusted to match the sizes of the grips on the lids that are being stored.
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- This invention relates to storage apparatus and, more particularly, to a storage apparatus for cooking vessel lids that suspend the lids by lid grips of varying sizes from the interior top of a storage cabinet and the like.
- Efficient cooking vessel lid storage in the home, in restaurants and in other food preparation establishments presents a number of problems. If, for example, the lids are stored in a cabinet with their corresponding cooking vessels, considerable storage volume is wasted because the combination of vessel and lid prevents several vessels from being nested together and stacked. Alternatively, the lids removed from the vessel are not easily stored together and compete for cabinet space with the other utensils.
- Proposals have been advanced to provide an apparatus for attachment to the interior top of a storage cabinet. An elongated body, for example, having a channel with two widths is formed in the body to establish a wide and a narrow separation between the two tracks that the channel forms in the body. Lid grips, which usually are thermally inulating disks of different sizes that are riveted to the centers of their respective lids, are placed on the top of the tracks with the associated lids, suspended below the tracks in the top portion of the cabinet volume.
- This proposal, however, is subject to several practical disadvantages. Illustratively, because lid grips frequently are of different sizes, the two widths of a channel accommodate both smaller and larger grips. It is not possible with this structure, however, to match the actual number of grip sizes that are to be stored with the appropriate channel lengths that are available. Thus, depending on the assortment of grip sizes for lids that are to be stored, there will be too much storage space on the tracks for lid grips of one size and insufficient storage space for lid grips of a different size.
- These and other disadvantages that have characterized the prior art are overcome to a great extent through the practice of the invention. For instance, a pair of parallel, opposing tracks are mounted on the under surface of the top of a kitchen cabinet or shelf. The separation between the opposing tracks is adjustable to support different size lid grips. Thus, the tracks are drawn apart or pressed toward each other to form a gap that corresponds to the diameter of the grips on the lids that are to be stored.
- In this manner, the problems created in the prior art by the mismatch between the grip sizes for the lids that are to be stored in contrast to a limited storage capability for those grip sizes is largely avoided. These and other advantages, moreover, are achieved through the practice of the invention in accordance with the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment when taken with the drawing. The scope of the invention is limited only through the claims that are appended hereto.
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FIG. 1 is a plan view of an illustrative embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 2 is a side elevation of the embodiment of the invention shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the embodiment of the invention shown inFIG. 1 ; and; -
FIG. 4 is a side elevation of the embodiment of the invention shown inFIG. 1 , in use. - As best shown in
FIG. 1 , astorage device 10 has atrack 11 that partially overlaps aparallel track 12. Thetrack 11 has a generally flatupper surface 13 in which twoelongated adjustment holes FIG. 2 , it can be seen that thetrack 11 has aperpendicular member 16 that protrudes fromlower surface 17 of thetrack 11. As shown, theperpendicular member 16 terminates in a flatlid grip support 20 that is disposed parallel with thelower surface 17 of thetrack 11 and inwardly toward theparallel track 12. - The
track 12 also has a flatupper surface 21 that is divided by afold 22 in thetrack 12 on the side of thetrack 12 that oriented toward thetrack 11. Aflange 23 protrudes from thefold 22 toward and beneath thelower surface 17 of thetrack 11 to enable aportion 24 of thetrack 11 to overlap theflange 23.Holes 25, 26 (FIG. 1 ) are formed in theflange 23 in alignment with theadjustment holes portion 24 of thetrack 11. - A
perpendicular member 27 protrudes fromlower surface 30 of thetrack 12. As shown, theperpendicular member 30 terminates in a flatlid grip support 31 that is generally parallel with thelower surface 30 of thetrack 12. The lid grip support, moreover, is oriented not only inwardly toward thelid grip support 20 on thetrack 11, but also is in alignment with thesupport 20. - A means, such as a pair of
screws 32, 33 (FIG. 3 ) are received in theholes FIG. 1 ) respectively, in thetrack 12. Thescrews elongated adjustment holes track 11 to enable thetrack 11 to be moved toward and away from thetrack 12 as illustrated througharrows 34, 35 (FIG. 2 ). - In operation, and as best shown in
FIG. 4 , thestorage device 10 is pressed up against the lower side of a shelf orcabinet 36. The screws, of which only thescrew 32 is shown inFIG. 4 , are turned to penetrate theshelf 36 and to secure thestorage device 10 to the lower side of theshelf 36. To accommodate acooking vessel lid 37 and to support thelid 37 from thestorage device 10, thetrack 11 is pressed toward thetrack 12 in the direction of thearrow 34. - When
gap 40 between the lid grip supports 20, 31 is sufficiently wide to sustain alid grip 41 on thesupports screws 32, 33 (only thescrew 32 is shown inFIG. 4 ) are tightened to secure thestorage device 10 to theshelf 36 with sufficient pressure to fix the length of thegap 40 between thesupports lid 37 is typical, can be suspended in the cabinet space above other utensils (not shown). To widen thegap 40 between the grip supports 20, 31, it is only necessary to back off thescrews track 11 to be moved in the direction of thearrow 35. When thegap 40 that is formed between the lid grip supports 20, 31 is adequate to sustain the cooking vessel lid, thescrews gap 40 in order to mount one or more cooking vessel lids on thestorage device 10. - The
storage device 10 can be formed from metal, plastic or any suitable material and used not only to stow cooking vessel lids, but any other materials that can be mounted on thetracks
Claims (5)
1. A storage device comprising a pair of tracks movable relative to each other, a support on each of said tracks, said supports being oriented toward each other in order to establish a gap of predetermined width therebetween, and means for securing said pair of tracks to maintain said predetermined gap width.
2. A storage device according to claim 1 wherein said pair of movable tracks are parallel with each other, a portion on a first one of said pair of tracks having two elongated adjustment holes formed therein, a flange on a second of said pair of tracks having a pair of holes formed therein, said pair of holes in said flange being in general alignment with a respective one of said elongated adjustment holes to enable said supports to establish said predetermined gap therebetween.
3. A storage device according to claim 2 wherein said securing means comprise screws.
4. A storage device according to claim 2 wherein said first one of said pair of tracks further comprises a member generally perpendicular thereto, said member terminating in a lid grip support that is generally parallel with said first track portion, said second of said pair of tracks having a member generally perpendicular to said second track flange, said perpendicular member terminating in a lid grip support that is oriented toward said first track lid grip support and in alignment therewith in order to establish said gap.
5. A storage device according to claim 4 wherein said second track flange further comprises a fold formed therein to enable said first track portion to overlap said second track flange.
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