Patent ID: 8613250

Claim:
An angled frying pan stand comprising: a generally circular base comprising an underside and an upper side; a plurality of feet members disposed on the underside of the base; a truncated cylindrical tilt stand rotatably disposed atop the base, the tilt stand swiveling upon the upper side through 360 degrees in a plane parallel the upper side, the tilt stand comprising: a bottom side rotatably disposed atop the upper side of the base; a sloped top surface disposed at an acute angle relative the bottom side; a top edge disposed circumferentially around the top surface; a sidewall vertically disposed between the bottom side and the top surface; a strainer piece releasably attachable to an extant frying pan; wherein an extant frying pan is supported atop the top surface at an acute angle relative the base and the strainer piece releasably attaches to the frying an to partition a segment of the frying pan; wherein the side wall has a height disposed between a minimum edge and a maximum edge, wherein the top edge is disposed closest the bottom side and the sidewall is the narrowest at the minimum edge and the top edge is disposed farthest the bottom side and the sidewall is the widest at the maximum edge; wherein the tilt stand further comprises a first holding edge and a second holding edge vertically disposed upwardly on the top edge, each of the first holding edge and the second holding edge disposed proximal the sidewall minimum edge; wherein the tilt stand further comprises a pair of extendible side supports, each of the pair of extendible side supports disposed opposite each other on the top edge the extendible side supports comprising: an overhanging wall section; a lower wall portion; an extendible track portion disposed on the lower wall portion, the extendible track portion disposed in a plane parallel with the top surface, the track portion slidingly moveable into and alternately out of the tilt stand; wherein the overhanging wall section slidingly engages with the top surface and each of the pair of extendible side supports is extendible laterally outwards from the tilt stand in a plane parallel with the top surface; wherein the strainer piece comprises a first strainer and a second strainer, each of the first strainer and the second strainer comprising: a horizontal top bar having a first end and a second end; an outer strut disposed vertically down from the first end; a support strut disposed vertically down from the top bar, the support strut disposed spaced-apart from the outer strut, the support strut disposed proximal to the outer strut; a rectangular mesh section disposed vertically between the top bar and the support strut; wherein the first strainer and the second strainer top bars slidingly releasably engage to removably attach the strainer piece to an extant frying pan.