Cutlery tray

a technology for cuttinglery and trays, applied in the field of cuttinglery trays, can solve the problems of insufficient storage, insufficient cutlery trays, inconvenient cleaning, etc., and achieve the effect of adding structural and operating advantages

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-27
HELEN OF TROY LIMITED
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[0005]There is disclosed herein an improved cutlery tray which avoids the disadva...

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However, over time the need or desire to occasionally change flatware styles may arise without any thought to also changing the cutlery tray.
Utensils of the same type, for example, spoons, can vary widely as to size and style between different manufacturers, which can create storage...

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[0023]While this invention is susceptible of embodiments in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the broad aspect of the invention to embodiments illustrated.

[0024]Referring to FIGS. 1-10, there is illustrated a cutlery tray, generally designated by the numeral 10. The cutlery tray 10 has a plurality of fixed compartments 12, and may include an expandable compartment 14 which is attached to and expands from the underside of the fixed compartments 12, as illustrated in FIGS. 1-3.

[0025]The fixed compartments 12, of which there are four (4) shown, can be of any desired dimension, shape and size to accommodate flatware. It is particular to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 that the compartments 12 be of sufficient length and width to accommod...

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Abstract

A cutlery tray having a peripheral wall adjoined to a bottom surface, fixed compartments defined by at least a portion of the peripheral wall, an additional wall section and the bottom surface, divider position slots within the fixed compartment, and a removable divider configured to engage and be retained within the fixed compartment at a divider position slot, is disclosed. The removable divider separates utensils within the fixed compartment. A series of divider position slots within at the fixed compartment allow the removable divider to be retained at a plurality of positions. Further, an expandable compartment defined by a second peripheral wall and a second bottom surface which extends from beneath the first peripheral wall and first bottom surface may also be provided. The expandable compartment may include a permanent knife block and, optionally, a removable knife block which attaches to the permanent knife block.

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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present device relates to cutlery trays for storing kitchen utensils, such as, e.g., flatware. Particularly, the present device relates to a cutlery tray which maximizes space utilization for storing multiple kitchen utensils.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The standard kitchen cutlery typically consists of a variety of different sized and shaped eating and cooking utensils. A cutlery tray comprised of several individual compartments, some fixed and some expandable, is often used to give some semblance of order to the array of flatware, often stored in stacks. However, over time the need or desire to occasionally change flatware styles may arise without any thought to also changing the cutlery tray. Utensils of the same type, for example, spoons, can vary widely as to size and style between different manufacturers, which can create storage issues for even the most organized homeowner. It may not be until one begins to store new flatware tha...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D1/34
CPCB65D25/06
Inventor NADEN, MARK C.GOLDSMITH, AMY B.BAXTER, ANTHONY J.ESCOBAR, JUAN C.MILMAN, MARK E.VON STOCKHAUSEN, ALICEAUSTERN, INBAL PAULINA
Owner HELEN OF TROY LIMITED
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