Tiltable cooking utensil

Claim 1

A COOKING UTENSIL COMPRISING A BODY INCLUDING A NORMALLY HORIZONTAL COOKING SURFACE, A LATERALLY EXTENDING HANDLE SECURED TO SAID BODY, A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING BOSS ON SAID HANDLE, A LEG MEMBER HAVING A PIVOT PIN ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, SPRING MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID PIVOT PIN IN PIVOTAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BOSS, SAID LEG BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID HANDLE AND A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING POSITION GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO, THE LENGTH OF SAID LEG MEMBER BEING SUCH THAT SAID COOKING SURFACE RESTS IN AN INCLINED POSITION WHEN THE UTENSIL IS ON A LEVEL SUPPORTING SURFACE AND SAID LEG IS IN ITS DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING POSITION, AND A LEVER MEMBER SECURED IN FIXED RELATION WITH SAID LEG MEMBER ADJACENT ITS PIVOTAL AXIS, SAID LEVER MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID AXIS ON THE SIDE OPPOSITE SAID LEG MEMBER SO AS TO ROTATE UPWARDLY AS SAID LEG MEMBER IS MOVED BY FINGER PRESSURE ON SAID LEVER MEMBER FROM ITS RETRACTED POSITION TOWARD ITS DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING POSITION, THE LENGTH OF SAID LEVER MEMBER BEING SUCH THAT IT CONTACTS A PORTION OF SAID HANDLE AND IS HELD IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH BY SAID SPRING MEANS WHEN SAID LEG IS IN ITS DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING POSITION.