Patent ID: 6045106
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: A47G,A47J

Abstract:
A convertible trivet utensil comprising:a body defining a central aperture containing an innermost planar member surrounded by a plurality of concentrically oriented frusto-conical rings;said plurality of frusto-conical rings being nested in a first state in a single plane within said aperture and having a flat surface co-planar with said innermost planar member, wherein said plurality of frusto-conical rinds are formed by a spiraled angled cut in said body; anda stand having a planar base secured to said innermost planar member, said stand including first and second planar brace members pivotally attached at respective opposite ends of said base, wherein said brace members are co-planar with said base in said first state and are rotated upwardly to support said body in a second state, whereby said plurality of frusto-conical rings form a substantially paraboloidal cavity in said second state.