Hanging apparatus for cookware or bakeware closures or lids and related methods
OwnerChristopher Orban, Melissa Orbaninventors
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Abstract
Disclosed is a space saving, heat-damage reducing, mess-avoiding hanging apparatus for cookware or bakeware closures and related methods. In use, the apparatus may be (a) contained within cookware/bakeware while the closure or lid is closing the cookware/bakeware or (b) used to hang the closure or lid on to the bakeware/cookware in a handle-out orientation via laying the hook of the apparatus over a lip or edge of the cookware or bakeware.
Claims19
A hanging apparatus that supports a lid of a container on the container in a handle-out orientation, said hanging apparatus comprising:
- a bolt washer-type body defined with a bolt aperture provided therethrough,
- a hook or lever defined by a curved or bent projection from the bolt washer-type body;
- wherein the bolt washer-type body is secured to an inside surface of the lid of the container in a position that is opposite to a handle of the lid of the container via passing a bolt (a) through the aperture of the bolt washer type body, (b) through a bolt hole in the lid and (c) into to the handle;
- and,
- wherein the hook or lever is positioned on a lip or edge of the container.
A method of constructing a hanging apparatus that supports a lid of a container on the container in a handle-out orientation, said method comprising the steps of:
- ensuring that the hanging apparatus is defined by a bolt washer-type body and a hook or lever wherein the bolt washer-type body is defined by a disk with a bolt aperture provided therethrough the disk and wherein the hook or lever is defined by a curved or bent projection from the bolt washer-type body;
- securing the bolt washer-type body to an inside surface of the lid of the container in a position that is opposite to a handle of the lid of the container via passing a bolt (a) through the aperture of the bolt washer type body, (b) through a bolt hole in the lid and (c) into to the handle;
- and,
- positioning the hook or lever on a lip or edge of the container.
A method of retrofitting a lid a container with a hanging apparatus that supports the lid on the container in a handle-out orientation, said method comprising the steps of:
- ensuring that the hanging apparatus is defined by a bolt washer-type body and a hook or lever wherein the bolt washer-type body is defined by a disk with a bolt aperture provided therethrough the disk and wherein the hook or lever is defined by a curved or bent projection from the bolt washer-type body;
- removing a bolt that secures the handle to the lid;
- securing the bolt washer-type body to an inside surface of the lid of the container in a position that is opposite to a handle of the lid of the container via passing the bolt (a) through the aperture of the bolt washer type body, (b) through a bolt hole in the lid and (c) into to the handle;
- and
- positioning the hook or lever on a lip or edge of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.