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Is a spice rack patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a spice rack have been patented many times, but "a spice rack" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 23 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “spice rackorganizerholderdispenser” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 23 best keyword matches we examined, 2 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: THOMPSON ALAN S (4), SUNATORI GO SIMON (3), BERTRAND RICHARD L (2), NESCI JULIAN (1).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A47J (12), A47B (8), B65D (8), A47G (5).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a spice rack
- Touch free spice dispenser US-11076723-B2 2021 · KANNOVATIONS LLC
A touch free, spice dispenser is provided including a container for holding spices, a holder for supporting the container on an external support, a grinding mechanism and a sensor for activating the grinding mechanism in response …
View on Google Patents - Expandable spice rack US-2019274422-A1 2019 · DISCOVERY INC
A storage shelving system having a width and a height includes a left lower part, a right lower part, a left upper part, and right upper part. The left lower part is telescopically positioned relative to the right lower part to sl…
View on Google Patents - Modular Spice Rack US-2016262574-A1 2016 · FISH WARREN
A modular spice rack. The modular spice rack includes a base having an upper side securable to the underside of a kitchen cabinet via one or more fasteners. The base further includes a lower side having plurality of channels dispo…
View on Google Patents - Spice rack US-9138107-B2 2015 · NESCI JULIAN
A spice rack comprising a housing and receptacles for holding spices. The receptacle holders are provided within the housing for receiving one of the receptacles. A selector is provided so that when selecting one of the receptacle…
View on Google Patents - Ultra low-profile spice rack US-8960819-B2 2015 · Peggy Brown Creative Consulting LLC
A spice rack for attaching to the inner surface of kitchen cabinet doors provides a low profile support and spice containers that may fit substantially within the gap between the cabinet door and the front of the shelves defined b…
View on Google Patents - Linear spice rack US-8985347-B2 2015 · THOMPSON ALAN S
A spice rack is adapted to hold a plurality of spice containers. The rack includes opposing back-to-back rows of compartments, with each compartment having resilient sidewalls for holding at least one spice container. The back-to-…
View on Google Patents - Spice rack with adjustable carriages US-2014014603-A1 2014 · THOMPSON ALAN S
A carousel rack assembly is provided with a plurality of carriages coupled together end-to-end for rotation. Each carriage includes a plurality of spice compartments. Adjacent carriages can be coupled in a first position wherein t…
View on Google Patents - Home chef spice rack system US-2012111815-A1 2012 · BERRY FRED
Disclosed is a home chef spice rack system comprising a front shelf and a back shelf. The front shelf comprises three hole(s) to store bowl-stored spices while the back shelf comprises a non-hole compartment designed to hold a plu…
View on Google Patents - Spice rack for mini spice containers US-8292096-B2 2012 · THOMPSON ALAN S
A spice rack is provided for mini spice containers. The rack includes a spindle with a rotatable carriage having multiple rows of container compartments. Each compartment is adapted to hold a single spice container. In one embodim…
View on Google Patents - Modular spice rack US-2008283481-A1 2008 · EVANS RICHARD W
A modular container organizer is presented. The organizer includes a rack having a top, bottom, front, back and ends. The top has one or more holes for receiving containers. The holes have a depth suitable for retaining the contai…
View on Google Patents - Spice rack US-7275647-B1 2007 · THOMPSON ALAN S
The spice rack of the present invention comprises a rotatable carriage having elongated tracks with opposite ends for frictionally engaging the sidewalls of spice containers so as to grip and hold the containers in the tracks. A p…
View on Google Patents - Spice rack US-7237686-B2 2007 · BERTRAND RICHARD L
A spice rack including an array of sliding drawers positioned on a base. The assembly will be placed on an existing kitchen cabinet shelf. It should be noted however, that the assembly may be made to replace the existing shelf if …
View on Google Patents - Vacuum packaging appliance spice rack US-2005061370-A1 2005
A method and apparatus for a vacuum packaging appliance spice rack accessory is illustrated and described. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus for use with a vacuum appliance. The apparatus includes a first module inc…
View on Google Patents - Can opener/organizer with spice rack and cutlery set features US-2004031104-A1 2004
A combination can opener and organizer includes components so that it functions as a can opener assembly and also may function as a spice rack or a cutlery set. In the combination, the container includes apertures that can receive…
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a spice rack been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Kitchen gadgets are a crowded, mature field; novelty usually sits in one specific mechanism, the material, or how two familiar functions are combined.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.