IP Library Granted Patent US 10,076,200
Granted Patent B2
US 10,076,200 · App. 15/330,089 · Granted Sep 18, 2018

Barbecue trivet

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Patent No.
US 10,076,200
App. No.
15/330,089
Granted
Sep 18, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A barbecue tool trivet discloses a unitary structure, said unitary structure having a bottom section, a side section, and a top section. The top section contains three pocket recesses. Each of the recesses contains three pocket recesses, one next to the other, with the middle pocket recess being larger than either of the side pockets. There is at least one cut out in a rim that goes around the circumference of the trivet, and two tall side walls in one of the pocket recesses. In one embodiment, the middle recess is at least twice as large as either of the side pocket recesses.

Claims (24)

1. A barbecue tool trivet comprising a unitary structure, said unitary structure comprising:

a) a front side;

b) a rear side;

c) a left side connecting said front side and said rear side;

d) a right side connecting said front side and said rear side;

e) a rim circumferencing and extending upward from said front side, said rear side, said left side and said right side;

f) a flat surface surrounded and bounded by said rim;

g) a first pocket recess comprising a first pocket recess floor positioned below and circumvented by said flat surface;

h)a second pocket recess, said second pocket recess being a mirror image of said first pocket recess comprising a second pocket recess floor positioned below and circumvented by said flat surface;

i) a third pocket recess, said third pocket recess positioned between said first pocket recess and said second pocket recess, said third pocket recess comprising a third pocket recess floor positioned below and circumvented by said flat surface;

j) at least one depression in said rim, said depression being positioned in front of said third pocket recess, said depression being of the same level and integral with the flat surface; and

k) two tong walls, said two tong walls positioned in parallel with one another on either side of an interior perimeter of said first pocket recess, extending upward perpendicularly from said first pocket recess floor.

2. The barbecue tool trivet of claim 1 , wherein said barbecue trivet is comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of silicone, wood, plastic, aluminum, steel and combinations thereof.

3. The barbecue tool trivet of claim 1 , further comprising a second depression in said rim said second depression positioned in the rim in front of said second pocket recess.

4. The barbecue tool trivet of claim 1 , further comprising:

a) a first engraving in the first pocket recess indicating a pair of tongs, said first engraving being selected from the group consisting of the letters spelling out the word tongs, an image of a pair of tongs, and a combination thereof;

b) a second engraving in the second pocket recess indicating a spatula, said second engraving being selected from the group consisting of the letters spelling out the words spatula, an image of a spatula, and a combination thereof ; and

c) a third engraving in the third pocket recess indicating a basting brush, said third engraving being selected from the group consisting of the letters spelling out the words basting brush, an image of a basting brush, and a combination thereof.

5. The barbecue tool trivet of claim 1 , further comprising:

a) a first engraving in the first pocket recess indicating a pair of tongs, said first engraving being selected from the group consisting of the letters spelling out the word tongs, an image of a pair of tongs, and combinations thereof;

b) a second engraving in the second pocket recess indicating a spatula, said second engraving being selected from the group consisting of the letters spelling out the words spatula, an image of a spatula, and combinations thereof ; and

c) a third engraving in the third pocket recess indicating a fork, said third engraving being selected from the group consisting of the letters spelling out the word fork, an image of a fork, and combinations thereof.

6. The barbecue tool trivet of claim 1 , wherein said left side and said right side arc parallel to each other.

7. The barbecue tool trivet of claim 6 , wherein said front side and said rear side are curved.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: BASE4 VENTURES, LLC; EXCITE USA, LLC; PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 066836/0803 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2016
From: THOMPSON, JOSEPH C.; JONES, AUTUMN A.
To: BASE4 GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 039695/0393 →