Food retention rack

Claim 1

A rack for holding hot food articles in An angularized posture to facilitate the cooling thereof wherein the rack is designed for seatment upon an underlying support surface comprising in combination, a unitized modular rack formed by a plurality of channels, said rack including a plurality of leg means for maintaining a lower surface thereof above an underlying support surface, a handle mounted on and extending laterally outwardly from one end of said rack, each of said channels bounded by opposed sidewalls wherein each of said sidewalls is formed by spaced ribs having open spaces therebetween, and an open top end, the bottom portion of each of said channels having a V-shaped configuration and having one leg of said V-shaped bottom portion formed by a solid wall said wall being solid throughout both the length and width dimensions thereof, and the opposed leg of said V-shaped bottom portion being essentially an open space with at least one support rib extending laterally thereacross thereby to provide food article support, said channels further including a support flange mounted on the top end of each of said channel sidewalls and positioned above said solid wall of said V-shaped bottom portion such that upon the angularized disposition of the food article within said channel, the top portion of the food article will rest against the support flange thereby to be held in spaced relation with respect to the corresponding side wall and to permit optimum efficiency in terms of air circulation to cool the food article, as said channels, handle, and leg means being formed of the unitary construction, whereby hot food articles such as toasted bread may be positioned within the channel of the said rack, the solid wall portion of the V-shaped bottom portion of the channel providing a wall against which said food article will slide downwardly and angularize the food article such that the top end is resting against the upper end of the side wall immediately above the solid wall portion of the V-shaped bottom portion of the channel, and the substantially open construction of the channel providing air circulation passages to effect efficient cooling of the food article.