Patent ID: 8328175

Claim:
A dough piece carrier assembly comprising a frame for releasably receiving and holding a dough carrier board for receiving dough portions thereon and comprises a lip extending along the perimeter of the board and a structural reinforcing means having a plurality of reinforcing web members located on the underside of the board, the frame having a plurality of side walls defining an inner space for releasably receiving the board, wherein the side walls encompass peripheral regions of the board so as to protect said regions from wear during use of the board, and in which each side wall comprises an inwardly facing ledge and the board is supported in the frame on at least one cross member which is connected to and extends between ledges of opposing side walls, and in which each cross member is recessed relative to a distal edge of the side walls such that the board has a wall that resides within the inner space defined by the frame and the lip rests on upper edges of the side walls.