Kitchen stand

Abstract

A kitchen helping hand is provided to assist the user in holding and tilting pots, pans or bowls for easier transfer of the contents. More specifically, a container holding stand comprising: two support sides each having a horizontal base leg attached to a side arm extending upwardly from the horizontal base leg, said side arm forming an acute angle with the base leg; and a container-holding ring pivotably attached to the side arm is provided. The container holding stand may be collapsible and different sized pots, pans or bowls may be accommodated using different sized rings, or rings that change size.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A container holding stand comprising: 
 two support sides each having a horizontal base leg attached to a side arm extending upwardly from the horizontal base leg, said side arm forming an acute angle with the base leg;    a container-holding ring pivotably attached to the side arm and positioned between the support sides.    
     
     
         2 . The container holding stand of  claim 1 , wherein each base leg is fixably attached to each side arm.  
     
     
         3 . The container holding stand of  claim 1 , wherein each base leg is pivotably attached to each side arm.  
     
     
         4 . The container holding stand of  claim 1 , wherein the ring is attached to each side arm at the top of each side arm.  
     
     
         5 . The container holding stand of  claim 1 , wherein the ring defines a central opening with a diameter of between 6 and 18 inches.  
     
     
         6 . The container holding stand of  claim 1 , wherein the ring includes an inner lining of compressible material.  
     
     
         7 . The container holding stand of  claim 1 , wherein the ring includes means for size adjustment.  
     
     
         8 . A container holding stand, comprising: 
 a base comprising two support sides each having a horizontal base leg attached to one or more side arms extending upwardly at an angle from the horizontal base leg;    a container-holding ring pivotably attached to the side arms and positioned between the side arms.    
     
     
         9 . The container holding stand of  claim 8 , wherein the angle between each side arm and the horizontal base leg of each support side is approximately a right angle.  
     
     
         10 . The container holding stand of  claim 9 , wherein there are two side arms attached to each base leg.  
     
     
         11 . The container holding stand of  claim 9 , wherein there is one side arm attached to each base leg.  
     
     
         12 . The container holding stand of  claim 8 , wherein there are two side arms attached to each base leg and the angle between each side arm and each horizontal base leg is obtuse.  
     
     
         13 . The container holding stand of  claim 8 , wherein the ring contains an inner lining of compressible material.  
     
     
         14 . The container holding stand of  claim 8 , wherein each base leg is fixably attached to each side arm.  
     
     
         15 . The container holding stand of  claim 8 , wherein each base leg is pivotably attached to each side arm.  
     
     
         16 . The container holding stand of  claim 8 , wherein the ring defines a central opening with a diameter of between 6 and 18 inches.  
     
     
         17 . A container holding stand, consisting essentially of two support sides each having a horizontal base leg attached to a side arm extending upwardly from the horizontal base leg, said side arm forming an acute angle with the base leg; 
 a container-holding ring pivotably attached to the side arm.    
     
     
         18 . The container holding stand of  claim 17 , wherein each base leg is fixably attached to each side arm.  
     
     
         19 . The container holding stand of  claim 17 , wherein each base leg is pivotably attached to each side arm.  
     
     
         20 . A method of holding a container above a surface, comprising: 
 placing a container in a container holding stand of  claim 1.