Lifter for meat and poultry

Claim 1

A WRAP-AROUND TYPE LIFTER UTENSIL OF ADJUSTABLE GIRTH FOR USE WITH MEATS AND POULTRY OF VARIOUS SIZES IN THE ROASTING THEREOF COMPRISING A PAIR OF FLAT, FAIRLY RIGID, GENERALLY RECTANGULAR LATTICED SUPPORTS ADAPTED TO BE PLACED SIDE BY SIDE UNDER THE MEAT FOR SUPPORT THEREOF IN A ROASTER PAN, ONE SUPPORT HAVING EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM ITS OPPOSITE ENDS A PAIR OF ELONGATED SPACED INWARDLY LEL PROJECTIONS, THE OTHER SUPPORT HAVING EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM ITS OPPOSITE ENDS A PAIR OF ELONGATED MORE WIDELY SPACED PARALLEL PROJECTIONS BETWEEN WHICH THE FIRST NAMED PROJECTIONS ARE ADAPTED TO FIT, EACH PROJECTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF HOLES PROVIDED THEREIN SPACED LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND COAXIALLY ALIGNED WITH HOLES IN THE OTHER PROJECTION OF THE PAIR, AN ELONGATED PIN ENTERED SELECTIVELY IN WHATEVER COAXIALLY ALIGNED HOLES OF ONE PAIR OF PROJECTIONS ARE REGISTERED WITH COAXIALLY ALIGNED HOLES IN THE OTHER PAIR OF PROJECTIONS, WHEREBY THE LIFTER UTENSIL IS ADJUSTABLE IN GIRTH TO FIT DIFFERENT SIZES OF ROASTS, AND ARTICULATED WRAP-AROUND EXTENSIONS ON THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID LATTICED SUPPORTS ADAPTED TO BE EXTENDED UPWARDLY FROM THE SUPPORTS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE MEAT AND INWARDLY OVER THE TOP FOR INTERCONNECTION AND GRASPING IN ONE HAND OF AN OPERATOR FOR THE LIFTING OF THE MEAT AND PLACING WITH THE LIFTER IN A ROASTER PAN AND THE SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL THEREFROM.