Tortilla basket fryer

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The claimed invention is: 1.
A device for deep frying tortillas, said device comprising a nesting pair of inner and outer wire frame baskets, defining a somewhat dish shaped space being between them to receive and mold the shape of a food product, a pair of elongated handles extending from one side of each one of the baskets, the handle on at least the inner one of the basket being shaped to form a vertical stand for supporting and holding at least one side of said inner basket in a stable and inverted position to facilitate a loading and unloading of said food product in said dish shaped space.
2.
The device of claim 1 and a hinged section formed on a side of said baskets which is opposite to said one side, said hinged section forming a vertical stand on said opposite side.
3.
The device of claim 2 wherein said handle of said inner basket is a pair of wires attached to the inside of the bottom of said inner basket, said wires being bent into a shape for forming both said hinge and said stand.
4.
The device of claim 1 wherein said handle of said inner basket is a pair of wires attached to the inside of the bottom of said inner basket.
5.
The device of claim 1 wherein each of said nesting baskets is formed by a plurality of hairpin shaped wires bent to form a bottom and sidewall of said basket, the bights of said hairpin shapes coming together to form said bottom and the bent part of said hairpin parts rising vertically to form said sidewall of said basket, said vertical wires of said inner and outer basket being in a confronting relationship to form said food product received in said defined space into a dish having a scalloped sidewall.
6.
The device of claim 5 wherein said handle of said inner basket is a pair of wires attached to the inside of the bottom of said inner basket, said wires being bent into a shape for forming said hinge and stand.
7.
The device of claim 5 and a hinged section formed on a side of said baskets which is opposite to said one side, said hinged section forming a vertical stand on said opposite side, said handle of said outer basket being a pair of wires attached to the outside of the bottom of the outer basket, said wires being bent to form a step and a vertical extension to help control the shape of the food product