Patent ID: 8156861
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A food holding system for retaining a food item during preparation, cleaning or cooking, said food holding system comprising: an inner frame assembly having an enclosed configuration and a pair of hinges, said inner frame assembly further comprising at least one first side member, at least one second side member, and a pair of end members, each of said first and second side members includes at least one of said hinges respectively, one of said end members being fixed to free ends of said first and second side members, and the other of said end member being fixed to free ends of said first and second side members; and an outer frame assembly having a substantially U-shaped configuration, at least one tool end located at each free end thereof, and a pair of hinges, each one of said hinges of said outer frame assembly being pivotably engagable with one of said hinges of said inner frame assembly respectively, said tool ends being configured to engage with a food item; wherein said outer frame assembly being sized and configured to receive said inner frame assembly in its interior when said food holding system is pivoted about said hinges; wherein said inner frame assembly further comprising a pair of extension side members extending from said first and second side members in the vicinity of at least one of said end members of said inner frame assembly, and a second end member fixed to free ends of said pair of extension side members, said second end member being substantially parallel with at least one of said end members of said inner frame assembly respectively.