IP Library Granted Patent US 12685410
Granted Patent B2
US 12685410 · App. 18/356,714 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Kitchen implement organizer

Inventors: Hugh Anslum Warren, V (Madison, MS); Caroline P. Warren (Madison, MS)
A47J47/16A47F7/0028A47G21/14
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12685410
App. No.
18/356,714
Filed
Jul 21, 2023
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3631
USPC
211/13.1
Abstract

A kitchen implement organizer comprising an implement guide member, a platform, a base, and a housing, wherein the implement guide member and the platform are configured to maximize the accessibility of each kitchen implement by vertically and horizontally offsetting the implements from one another.

Claims (47)

1 . An apparatus comprising:

an implement guide member comprising a first hole extending from a top surface of the implement guide member through a bottom surface of the implement guide member, wherein the first hole is configured to receive a first implement handle;

a platform disposed beneath the implement guide member comprising a first surface, the first surface comprising a first cavity that is vertically aligned with the first hole of the implement guide member, wherein the first cavity is configured to receive a first terminal end of the first implement handle;

wherein the first hole of the implement guide member comprises a first inner surface that corresponds to a first outer surface of the first implement handle;

a housing defining an internal space and comprising:

a top edge; and

at least one sidewall; and

a base coupled to the housing; and

wherein the internal space comprises the platform, wherein the base is disposed between a bottom surface of the housing and the platform, wherein the platform further comprises a side surface that corresponds to the geometry of the sidewall of the housing, wherein the implement guide member further comprises a shoulder, wherein the shoulder is suspended by the top edge of the housing.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the platform further comprises:

a second surface tiered above the first surface; and

a second cavity;

wherein the implement guide member further comprises a second hole extending from the top surface of the implement guide member through the bottom surface of the implement guide member; and

wherein the second cavity is vertically aligned with the second hole of the implement guide member and is configured to receive a second terminal end of a second implement handle.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the second hole of the implement guide member comprises a second inner surface that corresponds to a second outer surface of the second implement handle.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the first cavity of the platform comprises a first face that corresponds to the first outer surface of the first implement handle, and wherein the second cavity of the platform comprises a second face that corresponds to the second outer surface of the second implement handle.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first cavity defines a first space that corresponds to the first terminal end of the first implement handle.

6 . The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the second cavity defines a second space that corresponds to the second terminal end of the second implement handle.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the top edge of the housing is configured to suspend the shoulder at an angle of greater than five degrees relative to a ground plane, wherein the second hole is disposed above the first hole of the implement guide member.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a weighted portion between the platform and the base.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the base is rotatably coupled to the housing.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the base further comprises a drain hole.

11 . A system comprising:

a first implement comprising:

a first handle comprising a first length and a first terminal end; and

a first head coupled to the first handle opposite the first terminal end; and

a second implement comprising:

a second handle comprising a second length and a second terminal end; and

a second head coupled to the second handle opposite the second terminal end;

an implement organizer comprising:

an implement guide member comprising a first hole and a second hole, the first hole and the and second hole extending from a top surface of the implement guide member through a bottom surface of the implement guide member, the first hole configured to receive the first handle, the second hole configured to receive the second handle; and

a platform disposed beneath the implement guide member comprising:

a first surface comprising a first cavity;

a second surface tiered above the first surface and comprising a second cavity;

wherein the first cavity is vertically aligned with the first hole of the implement guide member and is configured to receive the first terminal end of the first handle, wherein the second cavity is vertically aligned with the second hole of the implement guide member and is configured to receive the second terminal end of the second handle; and

wherein the first terminal end of the first handle of the first implement and a bottom surface of the first cavity are configured with an angle of greater than five degrees relative to a ground plane.

12 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising:

a housing defining an internal space and comprising:

a top edge; and

at least one sidewall; and

a base coupled to the housing;

wherein the internal space comprises the base and the platform, wherein the base is disposed between the bottom surface of the housing and the platform, wherein the implement guide member further comprises a shoulder, wherein the shoulder is suspended by the top edge of the housing.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein when the first implement and the second implement are seated in the platform, the first head of the first implement is offset a first distance from the base and wherein the second head of the second implement is offset a second distance from the base.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the first distance is less than the second distance.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the first distance is equal to the second distance.

16 . The system of claim 12 wherein the top edge of the housing is configured to suspend the shoulder at an angle of greater than five degrees relative to a ground plane, and wherein the second hole is disposed above the first hole of the implement guide member.