US1186678A - Rack for kitchen utensils. - Google Patents

Description

G. R. FARR.

RACK FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1915.

Patented June 18 THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

GEORGE RICHARDS FARR, OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

RACK FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'June 13, 1916.

Application filed June 17, 1915. Serial No. 34,606.

To all whom 2'2, may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE RICHARDS PARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Orange, Essex county, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks for Kitchen Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and low-cost rack for kitchen utensils, adapted to be hung on a door or other surfaceand to hold a large number and variety of articles in a manner convenient for the housewife, the rack being capable of being expanded or contracted and also of having its individual members shifted in order to accommodate itself to the available area or to permit of variation in the utensil-receiving spaces.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the rack in place on a 3 door, supporting a number of utensils; Fig.

2 1s a fragmentary side sectional elevation on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged front elevation; Fig. 4; is a vertical cross-section through one of the horizontal membersof the rack, showing a hook in elevation; Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective of the said hook; Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a combined clip and hook; and Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a wire union for connectingksections of the vertical members of the rac The rack comprises a lattice frame, formed of vertical strips 1 and transverse slats 2, the slats being applied to the outer sides of the strips, and the members being slidable on each other so as to vary the total size and the spacing. The frame is shown supported against a door 3, and it will be understood that the particular manner of attachment may be varied.

The transverse slats bear hooks 5 for hanging utensils, these hooks being fashioned in the manner illustrated more particularly in Figs. 4 and 5 of single lengths of wire bent to form rectangular loops 6 slidable on the slats and the projecting hook portions 7. More specifically described, the wire of each hook extends from one terminal 8 in front ofthe slat, downward'beneath and upward in rear of the same,

thence over the top and downwardly across the front face toward the said terminal, then outwardly and upwardly to form the hook portion.

At the intersections of the strips and slats the members are held in relation to each other by wire clips 9, which frictionally embrace the crossing portions of the frame members in such manner as to bind the latter firmly against accidental slippage while permitting the parts to be shifted when desired, without any necessity for releasing and replacing of fastenings. Each of the said clips is bent out of a single length of wire, so as to present two horizontal ele-' ments 10 and llpassing across behind the corresponding vertical strip and two vertical elements 12 and 13' passing across the front face of the transverse slat. These elements are continuous at the corners of the intersection with connecting portions 14:. The said vertical and horizontal elements it is to be noted are best offset from the connecting portions inwardly or toward each other, as clearly seen in Figs. 3 and 6, so that the distances between the parallel elements are less than the width of the frame members. This offsetting materially increases the security of the holding because it enables the clips to clasp the crossing strips and slats with a better resilient grip than they would otherwise have. One of the vertical elements, 13, contains one terminal 15 of the length of the wire. The other terminal portion is brought downward substantially to meet this terminal and then bent inwardly, then downwardly forwardly and upwardly to form a hook 16.

The frame may be made in sections, which may either be connected together to form one large frame as shown, or else mounted independently, as two smaller frames. To this end the vertical strips may be discontinuous at the horizontal middle of the rack, as indicated at 17, the adjoining ends of the strip sections being united by connections 18. These latter are each bent from a length of wire, so as to present a plurality of horizontal loops l9, frictionally embracing the strips, and vertical, connecting double-strand portions 20, disposed alternately at the front and back faces of the strips.

The rack may be supported on the door by screws or nails at its corners and also at opposite sides of the joints 17 these fastenings being designated 21 in the drawing.

One advantage of this rack is the fact that it allows the housekeeper to keep the lid and pan together. This is accomplished by 7 means of the wire clips, whose rear horiapparent.

zontal elements space or'separate the perpendicular strips of the rack from the door. The verticalstrip is laid on the door side of the horizontal slat, thus increasing the space.

between the door or the wall and the inside surface of this horizontalslat. This construction permits sufficient room between.

the horizontal slat on which the pan hangs and the door or wall to insert the edge, or,

in most cases, most of the pan cover.

The utility of the device willbe readily .A large number of utensils may be hung on the hooks 7 and 16. Covers. and

the like are mserted within the spaces bee tween the vertical and horizontal members of the frame and pass behind the horizontal slats, which are spaced from the supporting surface by the vertical strips. In this position' they are retained by their lmobs resting ontop of the slats, as represented in Fig. 1.

Whatis claimed as new isz 1. A kitchen utensil rack, comprising a lattice adapted to be supported against a vertical 7 face, the said lattice comprisingv vertical members, top and bottom members and intermediate horizontal members form-c ing a plurality of interspaces for the reception of covers and the like, and devicesconnecting said members and permitting the sameto be shifted relatively to each other to varythe dimensions of said interspaces, the horizontal members being in front of the vertical members'and thereby spaced from the vertical face, so as to permit the insertion of covers behind the horizontal members with their handles resting thereon.

2. A kitchen utensil rack, comprising a lattice adapted to be supported against a vertical face, the said lattice comprising horizontal top and bottom members and ver-;

tical side members, an intermediate vertical member, and a plurality. of intermediate horizontal members, said members forming a plurality of interspaces for the reception of covers and the like, hooks carried by the members for suspending utensils, and devices connecting the intermediate horizontal members with the vertical members and permitting the same to be shifted. relativel to each other to vary the dimensions of sai i terspaces, the horizontal members being in front rof the vertical members and thereby spaced from the vertical face, so asto permit the, insertion of covers behind the horizontal members with their handles resting thereon 3. A kitchen utensil rack comprising a lattice frame formed of vertical strips and transverse slats slidable upon each other so as to increase or diminish the spacing between the members, and held together frictionally by wire clips embracing the crossing portions of the strips and slats and having hooks fashioned thereon for hanging utensils.

4. A kitchen utensil rack comprising a lattice frame formed of vertical strips and transverse slats slidable upon each other so as to increase or diminish the spacing between the members, in combination with clips holding said members together frictionally at the intersections, said clips being formed each ofa length of wire bent to present horizontal elements'passing across the I back of a verticalstrip and vertical elements passing across the front of a transverse slat with connecting portions at the corners of the intersection, the said vertical and horizontal elements of the-clips being ofiset from the connecting portions. A

'5. A kitchen utensil rack comprising a lattice frame formed of vertical strips and transverse slats slidable upon eachother so .as' to increase or diminish the spacing between the members, in combination with clips holding said members together frictionally at the intersections, said clips being formed each of a length of wire bent to present horizontal elements passing across the back "of arvertical strip and vertical elements passing across the front of a trans- 5 verse slat with connecting portions at the corners of the intersection, one of said. vertical elements of each clip comprising a terminal portion of the wire, which is bent inward from the said vertical element and then downward and returned upward to form a hanging'hook.

6. A, kitchen utensil rack comprising a lattice frame formed of vertical strips'and transverse slats 'slidable upon each other so as to increase or diminish the spacing between the members, in combination with wire hooks having loops mounted slidably on said transverse slats, and clips holding the strips and slats together frictionally at the intersections, said clips being formed each of a length of wire bentto present horizontal elements passing across the back of a ver-' tical strip and vertical elements passing across the front of a transverse slat with connecting portions at the corners of the in-. tersection, and additionalhooks formed as extensions of vertical elements of said clips. 7

7; A kitchen utensil rack comprising a lattice frame formed of vertical strips and transverse slats provided with hooks and slidableupon each other so as to increase or sections, in combination with wire clips frictionally holding the'strips and slats in relation to each other at the intersections, and Wire connections for the adjoining ends of the sections of the Vertical strips, said connections comprising a plurality of loops embracing the sections and vertical portions uniting said loops alternately at the front and back.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratento, Washington, D. 0.

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