Patent ID: RE42988

Claim:
A wire chafing stand comprising an upper a first rim of wire steel which forms a closed geometrical configuration circumscribing a first surface area, a lower rim of wire steel forming a closed geometrical configuration circumscribing a second surface area with said first surface area being larger than said second surface area and having a plurality of at least two wire legs with each wire leg having two upright sections interconnected to one another at a location below the lower rim in a configuration forming a base support for the stand to rest upon with each upright section extending upwardly from said base support to form an angle equal to or greater than 90Â° with respect to a horizontal plane through said base support and being affixed to the upper first rim adjacent one end thereof and to said lower rim at a relatively equal distance below the point of attachment to said upper rim and further comprising a plurality of offsets located either in said upright sections of said wire legs or in said upper first rim for laterally displacing each wire leg relative to said upper first rim to facilitate the nesting of a multiplicity of stands into one another without significant wedging.