Turkey flipper and method for making and using
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A22C-007/00
A23P-001/00
A47J-043/18
A47J-037/04
출원번호
US-0565556
(2009-09-23)
등록번호
US-9155422
(2015-10-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Wohld, Susan M.
출원인 / 주소
Wohld, Susan M.
대리인 / 주소
Lemaire, Charles A.
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초록▼
An apparatus that includes a breast rack to accommodate a breast side of a bird and a back rack to accommodate a back side of the bird is provided. In some embodiments, the breast rack includes breast-rack handles at each end of the breast rack that extend in an upward direction from the breast rack
An apparatus that includes a breast rack to accommodate a breast side of a bird and a back rack to accommodate a back side of the bird is provided. In some embodiments, the breast rack includes breast-rack handles at each end of the breast rack that extend in an upward direction from the breast rack, and each breast-rack handle can include an attaching mechanism. In some embodiments, the back rack includes back-rack handles at each end of the back rack that extend in an upward direction from the back rack. In some embodiments, each back-rack handle includes a plurality of receiving mechanisms located at a plurality of different positions for receiving the attaching mechanism of the breast-rack handles.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of racks including a first rack and a second rack, wherein the plurality of racks are configured to releasably attach to one another and to surround a food item during a manual inversion operation of the food item between a first cooking period and a second co
1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of racks including a first rack and a second rack, wherein the plurality of racks are configured to releasably attach to one another and to surround a food item during a manual inversion operation of the food item between a first cooking period and a second cooking period, wherein each one of the plurality of racks has a first end and an opposite second end, and wherein the first rack includes: a plurality of handles including a first handle on the first end of the first rack and a second handle on the second end of the first rack, wherein the plurality of handles are configured to be manually grasped during the manual inversion of the food item, and wherein the first handle includes a first height-adjustment mechanism that has a plurality of attachment points that attach to the second rack and are configured to set a spacing between the first rack and the second rack such that the spacing is adjustable to hold food items of various sizes, anda first plurality of feet including a first foot and a second foot on the first rack, wherein the first plurality of feet are configured to keep the food item being cooked raised above a bottom of a cooking container during at least one of the first and the second cooking period, wherein each one of the plurality of attachment points of the first height-adjustment mechanism is located on a different horizontal plane through the first rack when the first rack is in an upright position; andwherein the second rack includes: a plurality of handles including a third handle on the first end of the second rack and a fourth handle on the second end of the second rack, wherein the third handle includes a first latch connector formed from flat spring steel and affixed to the third handle and configured to releasably connect to a first attachment point selected from the plurality of attachment points on the first height-adjustment mechanism of the first rack when the first rack is attached to the second rack and to release the first attachment point when the first rack is separated from the second rack, anda second plurality of feet including a third foot and a fourth foot on the second rack, wherein the second plurality of feet are configured to keep the food item being cooked raised above a bottom of a cooking container during at least one of the first and the second cooking period,and wherein one of the second handle and the fourth handle includes a second height-adjustment mechanism, wherein the second height-adjustment mechanism includes a plurality of attachment points that attach to the second rack and wherein the other one of the fourth handle and the second handle includes a second latch connector formed from flat spring steel and affixed to the other one of the fourth handle and the second handle and configured to releasably connect to a second attachment point selected from the plurality of attachment points on the second height-adjustment mechanism when the first rack is attached to the second rack and to release the second attachment point when the first rack is separated from the second rack. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second handles rotates about a transverse horizontal axis, wherein the first foot of the first rack is transversely oriented at the first end of the first rack and the second foot of the first rack is transversely oriented at the second end of the first rack,wherein the first rack includes a wire frame that has a shape, wherein the shape includes a plurality of sides including a bottom, a first side and a second side, wherein each side is planar, each side has a long axis and a short axis that is perpendicular to the side's long axis, and each side is characterized by a geometric plane passing through the wires of that side, with the long axes of the sides parallel to each other, and wherein the plane of the first side is at a first obtuse angle to the bottom and the plane of the second side is at a second obtuse angle to the bottom;wherein the first connector and the second connector each includes an elastic receptacle,wherein the third foot of the second rack is transversely oriented and located closer to the first end of the second rack than to the second end of the second rack, and the fourth foot of the second rack is transversely oriented at the second end of the second rack and located closer to the second end of the second rack than to the first end of the second rack,wherein the second rack includes a base with a long axis and a short axis, and a plurality of frames including a first frame and a second frame, andwherein each of the plurality of frames is configured in a convex shape and is attached to the base, oriented with an axis of curvature parallel to the long axis of the base. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first rack includes a wire frame, and wherein the wire frame includes a plurality of wires that is bent. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first and fourth handles rotates about a transverse horizontal axis andwherein the first connector and the second connector each includes an elastic receptacle. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the second rack is more convex than the first rack such that the first rack is usable as a back rack shaped to better conform to a back side of a turkey and the second rack is usable as a breast rack shaped to better conform to a breast side of the turkey. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first connector and the second connector each includes: a non-elastic receptacle that is configured to receive and contain one or more of the plurality of attachment points on the first height-adjustment mechanism of the first rack, anda spring configured to allow the one or more of the plurality of attachment points on the height-adjustment mechanism to enter the receptacle and to hold the attachment point within the receptacle, and further to release the attachment point when sufficient pressure is manually applied to the spring. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the second handle of the first rack includes the second height-adjustment mechanism that has a plurality of attachment points that attach to the second rack. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the first rack and the second rack have identical shapes, wherein the fourth handle includes the second height adjusting mechanism and the second handle of the first rack includes the second connector, and wherein the second connector fastens to and releases from the second height adjusting mechanism of the fourth handle on the second rack, and the first connector of the third handle of the second rack fastens to and releases from the first height adjusting mechanism of the first handle of the first rack. 9. A kit comprising: a pan;a plurality of racks including a first rack and a second rack, wherein the plurality of racks are configured to releasably attach to one another and to surround a food item during a manual inversion operation of the food item between a first cooking period and a second cooking period, wherein each one of the plurality of racks has a first end and an opposite second end, and wherein the first rack includes: a plurality of handles including a first handle on the first end of the first rack and a second handle on the second end of the first rack, wherein the plurality of handles are configured to be manually grasped during the manual inversion of the food item, and wherein the first handle includes a first height-adjustment mechanism and the second handle includes a second height-adjustment mechanism, wherein each of the first and second height-adjustment mechanisms includes a plurality of attachment points that attach to the second rack and are configured to set a spacing between the first rack and the second rack such that the spacing is adjustable to hold food items of various sizes, anda first plurality of feet including a first foot and a second foot on the first rack, wherein the first plurality of feet are configured to keep the food item being cooked raised above a bottom of a cooking container during at least one of the first and the second cooking period, wherein each one of the plurality of attachment points of the first height-adjustment mechanism is located on a different horizontal plane through the first rack when the first rack is in an upright position;and wherein the second rack includes: a plurality of handles including a third handle on the first end of the second rack and a fourth handle on the second end of the second rack, wherein the third handle includes a first latch connector formed from flat spring steel and affixed to the third handle and configured to grasp a first attachment point selected from the plurality of attachment points on the first height-adjustment mechanism of the first rack when the first rack is attached to the second rack and to release the first attachment point when the first rack is separated from the second rack, and wherein the fourth handle includes a second latch connector formed from flat spring steel and affixed to the fourth handle and configured to grasp a second attachment point selected from the plurality of attachment points on the second height-adjustment mechanism of the first rack when the first rack is attached to the second rack and to release the second attachment point when the first rack is separated from the second rack, anda second plurality of feet including a third foot and a fourth foot on the second rack, wherein the second plurality of feet are configured to keep the food item being cooked raised above a bottom of a cooking container during at least one of the first and the second cooking period. 10. The kit of claim 9, wherein each one of the plurality of handles on the first rack rotates about a transverse horizontal axis,wherein the first foot of the first rack is transversely oriented at the first end of the first rack and the second foot of the first rack is transversely oriented at the second end of the first rack,wherein the first rack includes a wire frame that has a shape, wherein the shape includes a plurality of sides including a bottom, a first side and a second side, wherein each side is planar, each side has a long axis and a short axis that is perpendicular to the side's long axis, and each side is characterized by a geometric plane passing through the wires of that side, with the long axes of the sides parallel to each other, and wherein the plane of the first side is at a first obtuse angle to the bottom and the plane of the second side is at a second obtuse angle to the bottom;wherein the first connector and the second connector each includes an elastic receptacle,wherein the third foot of the second rack is transversely oriented and located closer to the first end of the second rack than to the second end of the second rack, and the fourth foot of the second rack is transversely oriented at the second end of the second rack and located closer to the second end of the second rack than to the first end of the second rack,wherein the second rack includes a base with a long axis and a short axis, and a plurality of frames including a first frame and a second frame, andwherein each of the plurality of frames is configured in a convex shape and is attached to the base, oriented with an axis of curvature parallel to the long axis of the base. 11. The kit of claim 9, wherein the first rack includes a wire frame, and wherein the wire frame includes a plurality of wires that is bent. 12. The kit of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of handles on the first rack rotates about a transverse horizontal axis and wherein the first connector and the second connector each includes an elastic receptacle.
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