Title: Food serving device

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1. A table-top food serving device from which a diner may be served individual pieces of food each of which is maintained in a heated condition, said device comprising: an inert body capable of being heated and constructed of high heat-absorbing and heat-radiating material, said body having a plurality of food-holding skewers fixedly secured to and extending from the outer surface of said body, said skewers being arranged side by side and one above another and each of said skewers being of a size to receive at least one bit-size piece of food, the mass and heat-absorbing properties of said body and said skewers being sufficient, when said body has been heated, to maintain pieces of food on said skewers in a heated condition by conduction and radiation from said body and said skewers; and means for supporting said body in an upright suspended position in which said skewers retain pieces of food placed thereon.

2. A food serving device as in claim 1 wherein said body is a vertically elongated cylinder and wherein said skewers are disposed over essentially the entire vertical surface of said cylinder.

3. A food serving device as in claim 1 wherein said supporting means includes releasable connecting means at the upper end of said cylinder for suspending said cylinder from its upper end and for permitting said cylinder to rotate about its vertical axis.

4. A food serving device as in claim 3 wherein said supporting means includes a vertical post member which carries said releasable connecting means, said post having a lower end connected to a generally horizontal base which is disposed directly under said body.

5. A food serving device as in claim 4 including at least one dish set into an upwardly facing recess in the upper surface of said base.

6. A food serving device from which a diner may be served individual pieces of food each of which is maintained in a heated condition, said device comprising: a stand which includes a post member having a lower end connected to and supported by a horizontal base; a food-supporting body for holding small pieces of food; and means for suspending said food-supporting body from said post member in a position directly above said base, said body having a plurality of skewers fixedly secured to and projecting from the outer surface of said body, said skewers being spaced apart a sufficient distance to permit small pieces of food to be impaled on each skewer, said body and skewers having substantial mass and heat-absorbing properties so that, when said body is heated, substantial heat flows to the pieces of food on said skewers and thereby maintains the food pieces in heated condition.

7. A food-serving device as in claim 6 wherein said suspending means includes a swivel connection which permits said body to swing about a vertical axis, said device including at least one dish supported by said stand in a position below said body.

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Inventors: Wales, George A. (Fort Lauderdale, FL, US)

Application Number: 465559
Filing Date: 1974-04-30
Publication_date: 1976-04-27
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 99/419 222/108
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1256434	Feb, 1918	Bozzella	222/108.
2234423	Mar, 1941	Wittmann	165/184.
2519115	Aug, 1950	Costakos	222/108.
2561538	Jul, 1951	Schultz	99/420.
2564571	Aug, 1951	Havens	99/419.
2582735	Jan, 1952	Alaj	126/273.
2826982	Mar, 1958	Smith	99/419.
2835480	May, 1958	Perez	99/419.
3010385	Nov, 1961	Rappaport	99/421.
3584683	Jun, 1971	Gordon	99/419.
3738525	Jun, 1973	Knapp	220/23.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Feldman, Peter
Assistant Examiner: Henderson, Arthur O.
Attorney: Cushman, Darby & Cushman