Patent Application
20190380532
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The disclosure and prior art relates to racks and more particularly pertains to a new rack for suspending chicken legs.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plate and a pair of end members. Each end member is coupled to a bottom of the plate proximate to a respective opposing end of the plate. The end members extend substantially perpendicularly from the plate and are configured to support the plate substantially parallel to a surface. Each of a plurality of slots extends into the plate from a respective opposing edge of the plate. The plurality of slots defines a plurality of tabs. Each slot is configured to insert a respective food item to couple the food item to the plate and positioning the food item substantially perpendicularly to the surface.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Each of a pair of end members 20 is coupled to a bottom 22 of the plate 12 proximate to a respective opposing end 24 of the plate 12, as shown in
Each end member 20 comprises a rod 26 that has a plurality of right-angled bends 28, as shown in
A pair of first tubes 44 is coupled to the bottom 22 of the plate 12, as shown in
A pair of second tubes 46 is coupled to the bottom 22 of the plate 12, as shown in
One first tube 44 and one second tube 46 are positioned on one opposing side edge 18 of the first section 14 of the plate 12. The one first tube 44 and the one second tube 46 are positioned singly adjacent to each opposing end 24 of the plate 12. The other first tube 44 and the other second tube 46 are positioned on the other opposing side edge 18 of the first section 14 of the plate 12. The other first tube 44 and the other second tube 46 are positioned singly proximate to each opposing end 24 of the plate 12.
Each of a plurality of slots 50 extends into the plate 12 from a respective opposing edge 52 of the plate 12, as shown in
The slots 50 that are positioned in one opposing edge 52 are offset from the slots 50 that are positioned in the other opposing edge 52 so that the slots 50 that are positioned in the one opposing edge 52 are each aligned with an associated tab 54 that is positioned on the other opposing edge 52. The configuration staggers chicken legs that are positioned in the slots 50 the one opposing edge 52 relative to chicken legs that are positioned in the slots 50 of the other opposing edge 52 to evenly cook the chicken legs.
The plurality of slots 50 comprises from eight to sixteen slots 50. The plurality of slots 50 comprises twelve slots 50 that are positioned six-apiece in each opposing edge 52 of the plate 12. Each slot 50 has a terminus 56 distal from the respective opposing edge 52. The terminus 56 is arcuate to complement the contour of the chicken leg.
Each of a plurality of holes 58 is positioned in a respective tab 54, as shown in
In use, the end members 20 are coupled to the plate 12. The chicken legs are inserted singly into the slots 50. The cooking rack 10 and the chicken legs are positioned in the oven or grill to cook the chicken legs. As desired, the sauce can be applied to the hard to reach surfaces of the chick legs through the holes 58. Upon completion, the end members 20 can be removed from the plate 12 to clean and store the cooking rack 10.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
