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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1987
Filed:
May. 12, 1986
William L Hann, Bryan, OH (US);
Stanley E Fuller, Toledo, OH (US);
Commercial Aluminum Cookware Company, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A supporting rack for suspending heavy cooking utensils is provided. The supporting rack basically includes a bar of predetermined width and length with suspending members including hooks assembled in the bar. The basic bar has outwardly-extending flanges at the ends with the flanges having fastener-receiving openings therein. The bar also has notches in a lower longitudinal edge thereon near each of the ends. The suspending member has a web with end lips extending outwardly and back toward one another to fit over the longitudinal edges of the bar. A shank is connected to one of the lips and a hook extends from the shank for suspending a utensil. The web and lips of the suspending member are dimensioned such that the suspending member can only be assembled with and disassembled from the bar at the notched portions thereof. The end flanges of the bar with the openings therein enable the bar to be assembled with additional bars to provide racks of various configurations which can be suspended from a ceiling in a kitchen or to be fastened to a wall or other vertical surface.