US1449698A - Kitchen-utensil rack - Google Patents

Description

- Mar. 27, 1923. 1,449,698.

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Patented Mar. 27, 1923.

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RAYMOND W. RORAGEN AND ERVIN O. OLSON, OF ADA, MINNESOTA.

KITGHEN-UTENSIL RACK.

Application filed February 27, 1922. Serial No. 539,504..

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved kitchen utensil rack, and has for its principal object to improve upon devices of this class by providing one of extreme simplicity and durability which is inexpen-.

sive and such in construction that it enables quick engagement and disengagementof th utensils.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure l is an enlarged side elevational View of a rack constructed in accordance with this invention showing a pan connected therewith.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the rack reduced in size.

The improved rack is designed for counection with a pantry door or cupboard or adapted to be supported on the wall or other suitable place. In its preferred form, the improved device is preferably constructed from a single strip of metal 1 which is bent between its ends to form a plurality of Vertically spaced utensil-engaging members. By carefully examining the manner of forming one of these members and di recting attention to the upper end of the metal strip, it will be seen that the latter is bent laterally as indicated at 2, downward at 3, bent upon itself as indicated at 4 and directed upwardly as indicated at 5 to provide what may be conveniently termed a hook, the free end of which is designed to engage the bead B of a pie plate or the like P. The metal is again bent as indicated at 6 and extended downwardly at 7, this portion being adapted to bear against the wall or other support on which the device is hung. The strip is bent at right angles as indicated at 8 and bent upon itself anddirected inwardly toward the support as indicated at 9, thus forming what may be conveniently termed a rest, on which a part of the pan or plate bears. It therefore follows that this hook in conjunction with the rest provides a convenient means for efiectively engaging a plate or pan and supporting it approximately as shown. If the utensil is equipped with a handle, as is often the case, this handle is simply slipped over the horizontal outwardly directed rest. The metal strip is formed between its ends with a number of holes 10 for passage of fastenings 11.

In use, the metal strip is nailed or otherwise secured on a suitable support in the kitchen within convenient reach of the user and the pans or pie plates or other utensils are engaged with the hook and rest in a manner somewhat like that shown. Different shaped utensils may necessarily have to be engaged with these parts in slightly different ways. Therefore, the use of the device will be more thoroughly understood after practical use thereof.

By carefully considering the description in connection with the drawings, persons familiar with devices of this class will doubtless be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention. Therefore, a more lengthy and detailed description is deemed unnecessary.

We claim:

A utensil rack formed from a single strip of flat metal adapted to lie against a door or other support, said strip being bent laterally and then downward just inward of its upper'end,being then bent upon itself and extended upwardly to a point adjacent the first named bend to form a hook, the bill of said hook being bent inwardly toward the support, said strip being again bent upon itself and directed downwardly to lie against the support and being bent outwardly at right angles at a point spaced from said hook and again bent inwardly toward the support to form a fiat horizontal rest, thestrip being finally bent at its opposite end to extend in the plane with the first named end to permit this portion to bear against the aforesaid support.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands. I

RAYMOND W. RORAGEN. ERVIN O. OLSON;

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