Patent ID: 7735661

Claim:
A draining rack for cooking receptacles containing hot or cold flowable cooking oils and/or greases comprising: Two parallel horizontally inclined span members for spanning across a sink basin that contains a drain collection receptacle, each span member having a lower end and a higher end, wherein the lower ends of said span members are in permanent communication with a low drain rack support means, and wherein the higher ends of said span members are in permanent communication with a high drain rack support means; Said low drain rack support means comprising at least one U-shaped leg member means for straddling and resting upon a double sink basin dividing partition wall; Said high drain rack support means comprising at least one leg member means for resting upon the top surface of an adjacent sink countertop; Said span members each comprising a series of spaced openings of equal size that penetrate perpendicularly to and completely through said span members, and wherein said openings on each said span member are parallel to one another and oppositely located across from one another, and wherein said openings are spaced in order to variably accommodate the predetermined placement of a single or a plurality and variety of different cooking receptacles having different widths and/or configurations; A plurality of cooking receptacle separating members each comprising a horizontal supporting member, a proximal leg member and a distal leg member, wherein said proximal leg member is inserted into a said opening, and wherein said distal leg member is inserted into an oppositely located said opening; A stop means located on each said proximal and distal leg member for limiting the insertion depth of said proximal and said distal leg members through said openings; and Said horizontal supporting members that each provide inclined support for a cooking receptacle by communicating with a front circular rim of said cooking receptacle, while also allowing said front circular rim to be supported upon the top surfaces of said span members, thus allowing the safe and efficient support and draining of cooking receptacles containing hot or cold flowable oils and/or greases into a drain collection receptacle and preventing said oils and/or greases from undesirably entering sink basin drain systems.