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A chafer wire stand has an upper rim of a closed rectangle and a lower rim of wire metal of similar, but smaller shape. The chafer stand is nestable such that straight wire section extending between the upper and lower rim touch each other when nested and the upper rims of the nested stands are held

A chafer wire stand has an upper rim of a closed rectangle and a lower rim of wire metal of similar, but smaller shape. The chafer stand is nestable such that straight wire section extending between the upper and lower rim touch each other when nested and the upper rims of the nested stands are held close to each other. The upper and lower rims are connected by at least two wires substantially identically shaped and bent with each wire being unitary and having a segment thereof attached to the upper rim and extending outwardly therefrom to form a handle element for the chafer wire stand. Each wire is attached to the lower rim and extends therefrom to form two supporting legs for the chafer wire stand.

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1. A chafer wire stand comprising: a) an upper rim of wire metal which forms a closed geometrical configuration circumscribing a first surface area,b) a lower rim of wire metal having a geometric shape substantially identical to said upper rim and circumscribing a second surface area, said second su

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A chafer wire stand comprising: a) an upper rim of wire metal which forms a closed geometrical configuration circumscribing a first surface area,b) a lower rim of wire metal having a geometric shape substantially identical to said upper rim and circumscribing a second surface area, said second surface area being smaller than said first surface area, andc) at least two wires of wire metal substantially identically shaped and bent, such that: each of said at least two wires has a segment thereof attached to said upper rim and extending outwardly therefrom to form a handle element for said chafer wire stand; andeach of said at least two wires being attached to said lower rim and extending downwardly therefrom to form at least one supporting leg for said chafer wire stand;wherein each of said at least two wires has at least two straight wire segments thereof extending at an angle between said upper rim and lower rim and connected thereto respectively to thereby hold said upper and lower rim in fixed position relative to each other and wherein each wire is substantially symmetrical relative to a vertical axis through a center thereofwherein said at least one supporting leg is bent outwardly and extends out of a plane beyond said second surface area of said lower rim. 2. At least two chafer wire stands of claim 1, wherein a first said chafer wire stand is nested on top of a second said chafer wire stand and at least four respective said segments of said first chafer stand touch at least four corresponding said segments of said second chafer stand in said nested condition. 3. The chafer wire stand of claim 1, wherein said segment of said wire attached to said upper rim to form said handle element is attached to the bottom of said upper rim. 4. The chafer wire stand of claim 1, wherein nesting of multiple chafer wire stands is without wedging between adjacently nested segments. 5. A chafer wire stand comprising: a) an upper rim of wire metal which forms a closed geometrical configuration circumscribing a first surface area,b) a lower rim of wire metal having a geometric shape substantially identical to said upper rim and circumscribing a second surface area, said second surface area being smaller than said first surface area, andc) at least two wires of wire metal substantially identically shaped and bent, such that:each of said at least two wires has a segment thereof attached to said upper rim and extending outwardly therefrom to form a handle element for said chafer wire stand; andeach of said at least two wires being attached to said lower rim and extending downwardly therefrom to form at least one supporting leg for said chafer wire stand;wherein each of said at least two wires has at least two straight wire segments thereof extending at an angle between said upper rim and lower rim and connected thereto respectively to thereby hold said upper and lower rim in fixed position relative to each other and wherein each wire is substantially symmetrical relative to a vertical axis through a center thereof; and whereinsaid upper rim and lower rim are each of substantially rectangular configuration having respective short end sides and long end sides;each wire comprises at least one straight segment which is attached to and extends between vertically adjacent long end sides of said upper and lower rims; further whereineach wire comprises two straight segments which are attached to and extend between vertically adjacent short end sides of said upper and lower rims and further whereinsaid lower rim has four corners;each wire has two ends, both ends of each wire being attached to said upper rim on opposite long end sides thereof respectively;both ends of said wire having a straight wire segment extending therefrom at an obtuse angle towards a vertically adjacent long end side of said lower rim and being attached thereto at respective positions of said lower rim adjacent to and before a proximal adjacent corner;each of said wire end extensions further extending downwardly beyond said proximal corner and being bent and shaped to form respective lower leg support at said adjacent corner;respective upwardly bent segments of said wire end extensions being attached to said lower rim at positions beyond said adjacent corner on said short end side of said lower rim;said wire ends extensions extending upwardly thereafter to form said straight segments extending between short end sides of said upper and lower rims;said respective straight segments being attached to said short end side of said upper rim on symmetrically opposite proximal sides relative to said vertical axis; andsaid wire end extensions extend laterally outwardly beyond said upper rim and meet as a unitary wire at said vertical axis with said formation of said handle; and still further whereineach wire comprises fourteen twists and bends with seven twists and bends symmetrically on each side of said vertical axis, with said seven twists and bends comprising:i) a first twist proximate to an end of said wire to facilitate attachment of said wire end to said upper rim at a long end side thereof;ii) a second bend at a first point of attachment to said lower rim at a long end side thereof;iii) third and fourth bends to configure a base of a leg support;iv) a fifth bend at an upward point of attachment of said leg support to said lower rim at a short end side thereof;v) a sixth bend at a point of attachment to said upper rim at a short end side thereof to form an outwardly extending handle element; andvi) a seventh bend as part of said handle element on one side of said vertical axis. 6. A chafer wire stand comprising: i. an upper rim of wire metal which forms a geometrical configuration circumscribing a first surface area,ii. a lower rim of wire metal having a substantially identical geometrical configuration relative to said upper rim and circumscribing a second area, said second area being smaller than said first area, andiii. at least two wires of wire metal substantially identically shaped and bent, such that:each wire has a segment thereof attached to said upper rim and extending outwardly therefrom to form a handle element for said chafer wire stand;each wire is attached to said lower rim and extending downwardly therefrom to form at least one supporting leg for said chafer wire stand;each wire is unitary and has two ends;each wire is shaped and attached in pairs thereof to opposite sides of said vertically adjacent upper and lower rims;each unitary wire is mirror-image symmetrically bent on opposite sides of a perpendicular vertical axis extending through a center of said unitary elongated wire in a horizontal position extending along a longitudinal length thereof,;said wire is symmetrically bent in multiple places along said longitudinal length thereof, with only obtuse angles of no less than 90°, on opposite sides of said vertical axis to successively form, starting from one end:a) a short lateral twist attached to a first end side of said upper rim,b) a first downwardly extending straight wire section angled towards a proximal vertically adjacent corner of said lower rim, and attaching at an end thereof to said lower rim,c) a continued off set angular bend out of a plane of said wire providing a first side of a first supporting leg,d) a bend lateral to said first side of said first supporting leg providing a supporting base for said first supporting leg,e) an upward bend defining a wire segment extending towards a distal side of said vertically adjacent corner for attachment between an end of said wire segment and said lower rim providing a second side of said first supporting leg,f) a bend providing a first straight wire section angled in a direction away from said corner of said lower rim toward a second end side of said upper rim and attached thereto,g) a lateral outward bend from said attachment of paragraph f forming a first leg of a handle element, andh) a bend parallel to said second end side of said upper rim and forming a first half of a gripping part of said handle at said vertical axis and a midpoint and half of said elongated wire,wherein said symmetrical mirror image formation of another half of said wire provides, successively: a second half of said handle, a second second-end side angled straight wire section, a second supporting leg and a second first-end side angled straight wire section. 7. The chafer wire stand of claim 6, wherein said segment of the wire attached to said upper rim to form the handle element is attached to a bottom of said upper rim. 8. The chafer wire stand of claim 6, wherein said at least one supporting leg is bent outwardly and extends out of a plane beyond said second surface area of the lower rim. 9. The chafer wire stand of claim 6, wherein said first and second downwardly extending straight wire sections, said first and second supporting legs, and said first and second angled section of successively vertically stacked chafer wire stands respectively fit adjacent each other without wedging there-between. 10. A nested stack of at least two chafer wire stands of claim 6: wherein said wire stands nest with respective adjacent positioning of said angled segments; andwherein said straight segments are angled such that said segments of a first said chafer stand in said nested stack and a second said chafer stand in said nested stack touch each other when nested. 11. The nested stack of at least two chafer wire stands of claim 6, wherein said supporting legs are bent outwardly out of a plane of the lower rim at an angle matched to that of said straight segments when nested. 12. A shaped and configured structurally rigid but bendable unitary elongated wire of wire metal having two ends, said wire being shaped and configured to be attached in pairs thereof to opposite sides of vertically stacked upper and lower rectangular rims of a chafer wire stand, each unitary wire is mirror-image symmetrically bent on opposite sides of a perpendicular vertical axis extending through a center of said unitary elongated wire in a horizontal position extending along a longitudinal length thereof, said unitary elongated wire is symmetrically bent in multiple places along said longitudinal length thereof, with only obtuse angles of no less than 90°, on opposite sides of said vertical axis to successively form, starting from one end: a. a short lateral twist configured for attachment thereof to a first end side of said upper rim,b. a first downwardly extending straight wire section angled towards a proximal vertically adjacent corner of said lower rectangular rim and attached at an end thereof to said lower rectangular rim,c. a continued off set angular bend out of said plane of said wire to provide a first side of a first supporting leg,d. a bend lateral to said first side of said first supporting leg to provide a supporting base for said first supporting leg,e. an upward bend defining a wire segment extending towards a distal side of said vertically adjacent corner for attachment between an end of said wire segment and said lower rectangular rim to provide a second side of said first supporting leg,f. a bend to provide a first straight wire section angled in a direction away from said corner of said lower rim toward a second end side of said upper rectangular rim attached thereto,g. a lateral outward bend from said attachment of paragraph f to form a first leg of a handle element, andh. a bend parallel to said second end side of said upper rim to form a first half of a gripping part of said handle at said vertical axis and a midpoint and half of said elongated wire,wherein said symmetrical mirror image formation of another half of said wire provides, successively: a second half of said handle, a second second-end side angled straight wire section, a second supporting leg and a second first-end side angled straight wire section. 13. The shaped and configured unitary elongated wire of claim 12, wherein said first and second first-end side straight wire sections, said first and second supporting legs, and said first and second second-end side straight wire sections of successively vertically stacked shaped and configured wires are respectively closely fit adjacent each other without wedging therebetween.