Abstract A coffee making rack having a top portion for supporting a cloth strainer containing ground coffee, and a bottom portion or base which is adapted to rest on a table or similar supporting surface and on which a cup, pot or other receptacle is adapted to be supported for receiving the coffee when hot water is poured into the open top of the strainer. The rack is formed of four pivotally connected sections, one end section of which constitutes the top portion and the other end section of which constitutes the base. The two intermediate sections, when extended, constitute a standard for supporting the top portion above and substantially parallel to the base. Lips or flanges on certain of the sections and which abut other of the sections limit the extent of pivotal movement of certain of the sections relative to one another in one direction to maintain the rack in an extended position. The rack sections are capable of being folded into a compact unit of approximately the size of any one of the rack sections for storage.
Inventors
👤 A Molina
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-04 23:08
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J31/00; A47J31/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A rack for making coffee comprising four rack sections having substantially parallel side flanges, pivot means connecting the flanges of the different sections for pivotally connecting the sections to one another in end-to-end relation, one end section comprising a base and being provided with a receptacle supporting platform, the other end section constituting a top portion, the two intermediate sections constituting a supporting standard supported by the base for supporting said top portion in an elevated position above the base when said intermediate sections are extended, said top portion being adapted to support a cloth coffee strainer and having an opening through which the strainer depends to a position substantially above said platform.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A rack for making coffee comprising four rack sections having substantially parallel side flanges, pivot means connecting the flanges of the different sections for pivotally connecting the sections to one another in end-to-end relation, one end section comprising a base and being provided with a receptacle supporting platform, the other end section constituting a top portion, the two intermediate sections constituting a supporting standard supported by the base for supporting said top portion in an elevated position above the base when said intermediate sections are extended, said top portion being adapted to support a cloth coffee strainer and having an opening through which the strainer depends to a position substantially above said platform.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A rack as in claim 1, each of said sections being formed of a single piece of sheet metal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
Arack as in claim 2, said rack sections being sized and shaped to assume a folded position nested one within the other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
A rack as in claim 1, the flanges of certain of said sections being spaced apart distances different from the spacing between the flanges of certain of the other sections to permit the sections to assume nested positions relative to one another when the rack is folded.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
A rack is in claim 4, certain of the rack sections having lips providing abutments for engagement with portions of adjacent rack sections for maintaining the rack in an erected operative position and for limiting swinging movement of each rack section in one direction relative to a rack section adjacent thereto.