Claims
- 1. A serving platter for circular pizza pans comprising:
- a dish shaped member with an upwardly and outwardly curved rim from a flat bottom having inside and outside surfaces to a top edge, rim handle means extending outward of said top edge of said dish shaped member,
- a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial risers extending upwardly from said inside bottom surface,
- a plurality of spaced radial ribs around the inner periphery of said rim, an indented ledge in each of said radial ribs to support the outer periphery of said pizza pan away from said inner periphery of said rim, and
- a support ring means extending below the outside of said bottom surface.
- 2. The serving platter of claim 1 wherein said radial ribs are equally spaced.
- 3. A serving platter for pizza pans comprising:
- a dish shaped member with an upward and outward rim from an inside bottom surface to a top edge,
- a spaced riser means extending upwardly from said inside bottom surface, and
- a plurality of spaced radial ribs around the inner periphery of said rim having indented ledge means to support the outer periphery of said pizza pan away from said inner periphery.
- 4. The serving platter of claim 3 wherein said radial ribs are equally spaced.
- 5. The serving platter of claim 3 including support means extending before the outside of said bottom surface.
- 6. The serving platter of claim 5 wherein said support means comprises a plurality of concentric rings.
- 7. The serving platter of claim 5 wherein said support means includes a plurality of downwardly extending detents.
- 8. The combination of a pizza pan and a support platter therefor, said pizza pan comprising a substantially flat bottom, a large radius, smooth peripheral wall conterminous with the bottom as a uniform uninterrupted surface, the wall extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, and a plurality of spaced relatively small apertures provided in the bottom and contained within a central area smaller than the diameter of the bottom leaving a border of no apertures for the event distribution of heat to the central underside of the pizza during a pizza baking operation; said support platter comprising a dish shaped member with an upward and outward rim from an inside bottom surface to a top edge, a plurality of spaced riser means extending upwardly from said inside bottom surface, a plurality of spaced radial ribs around the inner periphery of said rim having indented ledge means to receive and support the outer periphery of said pizza pan away from said inner periphery whereby air space exists between said pizza pan and said bottom surface.
- 9. The combination of claim 8 wherein said radial ribs are equally spaced.
- 10. The combination of claim 8 including support means extending below and outside of said bottom surface.
- 11. The combination of claim 10 wherein said support means comprises a plurality of concentric rings.
- 12. The combination of claim 10 wherein said support means includes a plurality of downwardly extending detents.
- 13. The combination of claim 8 wherein said platter includes opposite outer rim handles extending outward of said top edge of said dish shaped member.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 040,057 filed on Apr. 20, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,785,968.
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