Patent ID: 7617767

Claim:
A roasting apparatus for cooking meat in an oven, the roasting apparatus comprising: a rod extending between opposite ends along a longitudinal axis; a prong slidably mounted along the rod so as to secure the meat to the rod; a frame including a base, the base having a pair of spaced apart and generally upright end walls for supporting respective ends of the rod, and a pair of spaced apart side walls, wherein each of the pair of end walls and each of the pair of side walls are pivotably mounted to the base so as to move between a use position and a stowed position, wherein in the use position, the pair of side walls and the pair of end walls extend generally orthogonally from the base, and wherein in the stowed position, the pair of end walls and the pair of side walls are pivoted about the base so as to be placed in an overlapping relationship with each other; and wherein each of the pair of side walls includes a pair of first hooks, and wherein each of the pair of first hooks is disposed on opposing ends of each of the pair of side walls; and wherein each of the pair of end walls includes a pair of second hooks disposed on opposing ends of each of the pair of end walls, and wherein each of the pair of second hooks is configured to releasably engage each of the corresponding pair of first hooks, and wherein the pair of first hooks are engaged with the pair of second hooks so as to place the frame in the use position, and wherein the pair of first hooks are released from the pair of second hooks so as to place the frame in a stowed position.