Cooking appliance with interconnecting racks
First Claim
1. A cooking appliance comprising:
- a vessel;
first and second racks each having a food item support surface;
said first rack having a rack support suitable to support said second rack on top of said first rack with said food item support surface of said second rack spaced a predetermined distance above said food item support surface of said first rack; and
means to releasably interconnect said first and second racks such that the two racks can be handled as one unit.
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Abstract
A cooking appliance has a vessel, a top and first and second racks each having a food item support surface. The first rack has a rack support suitable to support the second rack on top of the first rack in nested relation with the food item support surface of the second rack spaced a predetermined distance above the food item support surface of the first rack. The first rack includes a plurality of attachment clips to interconnect the two racks. The racks are interconnected by stacking the racks in a vertical stack and rotating the racks relative to one another for handling the racks as one unit. When interconnected, relative rotation of the racks is prevented. One rack includes a rectangular utensil receiving opening in a bottom surface sized and shaped to receive the tines of a standard kitchen for transporting the rack independently.
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16 Claims
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1. A cooking appliance comprising:
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a vessel;
first and second racks each having a food item support surface;
said first rack having a rack support suitable to support said second rack on top of said first rack with said food item support surface of said second rack spaced a predetermined distance above said food item support surface of said first rack; and
means to releasably interconnect said first and second racks such that the two racks can be handled as one unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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6. A cooking appliance as in claim 6, wherein:
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said openings are disposed on said food item support surface of said second rack;
said second rack includes a peripheral side wall having a plurality of slots, each slot being in communication with one of said openings;
said clips extending through said slots when said second rack is supported by said first rack; and
said slots being sized to permit relative rotation of said first and second racks when said second rack is supported by said first rack. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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16. A cooking rack, comprising:
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a bottom surface;
a side wall disposed around and extending upwardly from said bottom surface;
a utensil receiving opening in said bottom surface, said opening being located adjacent a portion of said side wall; and
said opening being substantially rectangular in shape and having a longitudinal axis aligned substantially parallel to said portion of said side wall adjacent thereto.
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Specification