Patent ID: 6374755
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A21C,A47G

Abstract:
A layer cake supporting device for vertically supporting layers of cake, said device comprising:a plurality of plates, each of said plates having relatively a planar top side and a relatively planar bottom side, each of said plates having a peripheral edge, each of said plates having a hole therein, each of said holes being defined by a perimeter edge, each of said holes extending through said top and bottom sides, each of said peripheral edges having a different size, each of said perimeter edges of said plates having a length substantially equal to one of said peripheral edges of another of said plates; a plurality of upstanding members, each of said upstanding members being elongate and having a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending between said first and second ends, each of said plates having a plurality of said first ends of said upstanding members integrally coupled thereto; a plurality of legs, each of said legs having a distal end and a proximal end, each of said proximal ends having a bore therein, each of said bores having a size adapted for removably receiving one of said upstanding members; and a plurality of panels, each of said panels comprising a substantially rigid material, each of said panels having a peripheral edge having a shape generally identical to a shape of a corresponding plate, said peripheral edges of said panels having a length greater than a length of said peripheral edges of said corresponding plate, wherein each of said panels has a different size such that each of said panels is supported by a corresponding plate.