Patent ID: 6485118
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A food service station capable of adjusting from an attendant-serving food station to a self-serving food station and adjusting back to an attendant-serving food station comprising:a means for moving an adjustable food guard apparatus from a vertical position to an angled position, the adjustable food guard apparatus having a first bracket, a first vertical-mounting member, a second bracket, a second vertical-mounting member, and a shield that is engaged to said first bracket and said second bracket, wherein said first bracket includes a first bracket slot that includes at least one first lock slot, and wherein said first vertical-mounting member has a plurality of first pivot pins that are capable of engaging said first bracket slot, and wherein said second bracket has a second bracket slot that includes at least one second lock slot, and wherein said second vertical-mounting member has a plurality of second pivot pins that are capable of engaging second bracket slot, and wherein said adjustable food guard apparatus is moved from said vertical position by moving said adjustable food apparatus in the upward direction thereby causing said first pivot pin to slide along said first bracket slot until said first pivot pin is engaged with said first lock slot and thereby causing said second pivot pin to slide along said second bracket slot until said second pivot pin is engaged with said second lock slot.