Griddle cleaning pad holder

Claim 1

A griddle cleaning pad holder for hand use for holding a stiff but resilient griddle cleaning pad, comprising, in combination: an elongated flat base plate having an upper face, a lower face, parallel sides, opposite intermediate end portions, and end tab portions on either side of said intermediate end portions projecting from the line defining the extension of said intermediate end portions to said sides and having outer edges defined by the extension of said parallel sides; a handle member secured to the upper face of said base plate; and a pair of rigid hooks, each of said hooks having a mouth and a shank, one of said shanks being secured to and projecting from each of said opposite intermediate end portions of said base plate, the shanks of said hooks projecting above the plane of said plate toward said handle at an angle between about 20° and 60° with respect to said plate, the mouths of said hooks facing generally inwardly and toward said lower face and being dimensioned to receive and hold opposed edges of a griddle cleaning pad of a size adapted to be accomodated with said opposed edges within said mouths and with intermediate portion of said pad disposed against the lower face of said base plate, and such that, when the exposed face of an engaged pad contacts a griddle surface for use, no part of said hooks contact said griddle surface.