Patent ID: 6237803
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
An assembly comprising a formed wire roasting rack and a pair of formed foil roasting pan/cover members removably secured thereto,each said roasting pan/cover member having a base, an upstanding sidewall, a rim and a peripheral bead formation surrounding the rim,said roasting rack comprising a first pair of parallel elongated wire form sections terminating in upwardly extending portions providing outwardly extending wire handles, and a second elongated wire form section extending transverse to said first wire section and terminating in an upwardly extending portion at each end, each said upwardly extending portion of said second section providing a bead gripping formation at the free end thereof, and an actuator for retracting said bead gripping formation,said wire form sections being adapted to support said base in use, said upwardly extending portions being adapted to support and nestingly receive said sidewall, and said bead gripping formations being sized and proportioned to grippingly retain said pair of roasting pan/cover member bead formations, all in a nested array, to grippingly retain said pair of roasting pan/cover bead formations when one of the pan/covers is inverted to overlie and cover the other, and to release said pan/cover member bead formations for removal from the rack when a said actuator is retracted.