Refrigerated food preparation table and hinge bracket for holding lid partially or fully open

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9918547
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15063557

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A refrigerated food preparation table that includes a food item storage pan with a lid that is allowed to fully close and is held in a partially open position and in a fully open position and hinge brackets or apparatuses for holding a lid in a partially opened position and a fully opened position that include a slot, a surface, and an indentation that each engage pins on the lid. In various embodiments, the slot receives one such pin, the surface guides another pin on the lid as the lid is opened from a fully closed position to the partially opened position, the indentation receives the second pin when the lid is in the partially opened position, and the slot contains the first pin and the second pin when the lid is fully open. The food preparation table can be used to prepare pizza, for example.

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TRUE MANUFACTURING CO INC2001 EAST TERRA LANE O'FALLON MO 63366

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Trulaske,, Sr Steven Lee St. Louis, US 4 91
Wilmes, Daniel A Wentzville, US 1 6

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