Supports – Cutlery type – Bracket
Patent
1997-02-18
1998-10-20
Ramirez, Ramon O.
Supports
Cutlery type
Bracket
2482132, 2483167, 24822916, A47J 4502, A47J 4510
Patent
active
058234837
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to holding household utensils and more particularly to attaching a hand-held household utensil to a container.
When cooking liquids such as sauces in a pot, spoons are often used for the occasional stirring required. When the spoon is not in use it is often laid down on the counter, or in a special spoon holder 1 laying on the counter (FIG. 1). In either case the spoon including the residual sauce may drip causing waste and requiring the counter or holder to be washed. Occasionally as the spoon is moved from the pot of liquid to the spoon holder some sauce clinging to the spoon will drip off onto the counter causing needless washing of the counter in addition to the spoon and spoon holder.
Sometimes, if the spoon is long enough, it can be leaned against the inside wall of the pot, pan or skillet containing the sauce or liquid thereby eliminating the dripping onto the counter. The spoon in this situation, if metal, can become hot and uncomfortable to hold. The spoon may also be deep enough in the pot to permit contact of the spoon handle with the contents of the pot. Thus, the spoon handle becomes very messy and difficult to hold.
If the spoon is not long enough, which is quite often the case, it falls down into the sauce and must then be retrieved by yet another utensil causing further washing and needless frustration for the cook. Some utensils used for commercial cooking have a hook at the end of the handle to hold the utensil on the lip of a deep pot. Again the handle may touch the pot's side wall, and hence the contents of the pot, causing the handle to become very messy and difficult to hold. While handles with hooked ends may be adequate for commercial purposes, most household utensils have no hooks. Clearly a better method for holding and retrieving a household hand-held utensil is needed.
Another object of this invention is to provide a better method to attach a spoon clip to the pot. When a spoon is removed vertically from a spoon holder attached to a pot, there are pot/spoon combinations where the clip comes off the pot and continues to be attached to the spoon. One such situation consists of a large handle wooden spoon in a clip attached to a thin wall stainless steel pan. In this situation, the spoon may be removed from the clip via rotation of the handle up and the spoon tip down (or the handle down, and the spoon tip up) the rotation preventing any vertical forces on the clip thus keeping the clip on the pot. For the ease of removal and a quality feel to the process, it is important that the clip be stable during spoon handle rotation. Spoon holders with long fingers engaging pot walls without lips and constant wall thickness provide adequate support to spoon rotation removal as in Kershner. However, pots often have large lips which require a more innovative design. Designs such as Wright provide for engagement of the clip with a pot including a large lip, but does not provide adequate stability to rotation removal.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to reduce waste of residual contents carried on an utensil after being used to stir, mix or serve the vessel contents in a container.
It is a further object of the present invention to reduce the time and effort required to wash utensils and utensil support surfaces after the utensils and surfaces used to prepare and mix various substances.
It is yet a further object of the present invention to make a conventional hand-held utensil readily and safely available for stirring, serving or other operation.
The foregoing objects and advantages are achieved by having an utensil-holder attached or otherwise supported appropriately to a vessel or container of interest. An utensil-holder held by the vessel of interest, such as a pot, and permits a hand-held utensil, such as a spoon, to be held by the utensil-holder until needed. The utensil, when not in use, is attached to the utensil-holder in a position over the vessel permitting any residual contents from the ve
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Ramirez Ramon O.
Wentsler Stephen S.
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