# US 11,026,536 B2 · Self-contained electronic boiling and straining system

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 11,026,536 B2
- Document ID: US11026536B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/876,384
- Filed: 2018-01-22
- Published: 2019-07-25
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-01-22
- Assignees: Innovo Concepts, LLC
- Applicants: Innovo Concepts, LLC
- Inventors: Edward T. Pietrucha; Patrick J Tannous; Gabriel Prero; Brian C Conti; Marco F Serrano
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11026536B2

## CPC

- A47J 27/004: {with integral electrical heating means (drinking cups with integral heating means A47J36/2466)}
- A47J 27/21175: {Covers}
- A47J 36/08: for draining liquids from vessels
- A47J 2027/006: {especially adapted for preparing pasta}
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

## Abstract

A cooking and draining system includes: a vessel including a bottom and an upstanding side wall forming an interior region of the vessel and an opening opposite the bottom of the vessel, the vessel further including: a heating element located in one of the bottom and the side wall; a valve located in one of the bottom and the side wall, the valve selectively controlling outflow of fluid from the interior region of the vessel; a lid selectively sealing the opening opposite the bottom of the vessel; and a base selectively coupled to the vessel and selectively causing the heating element to heat the interior region of the vessel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cooking and draining system comprising:
a vessel including a bottom and an upstanding side wall forming an interior region of the vessel and an opening opposite the bottom of the vessel, the vessel further including:
a heating element located in the bottom;
a valve located in a resealable opening within the bottom of the vessel, the valve selectively controlling outflow of fluid from the interior region of the vessel, wherein the valve is configured to move along a first plane between an open state and a closed state;
a valve control button extending from a side of the vessel, wherein the valve control is configured to move along a second plane transverse to the first plane;
a lid selectively sealing the opening opposite the bottom of the vessel; and
a base selectively coupled to the vessel and selectively causing the heating element to heat the interior region of the vessel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising a sieve having a rounded shape positioned about the valve and resealable opening atop the bottom and within the interior region of the vessel such that fluid flowing from the interior region through the valve flows through the sieve.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the vessel includes a handle including a user control that selectively secures and releases the vessel to the base.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, wherein a user control is a trigger.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, further comprising an additional release control whose operation in cooperation with the trigger is required to selectively release the vessel from the base.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the base includes an electronic control that detects when fluid in the interior region of the vessel has reached its boiling point.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the base includes an electronic control that adjusts an amount of power provided to the heating element.

### Claim 8

A pasta cooking system comprising:
a vessel including a bottom and an upstanding side wall forming an interior region of the vessel and an opening opposite the bottom of the vessel, the vessel further including:
a heating element;
a valve located in a resealable opening within the bottom of the vessel, the valve selectively controlling outflow of fluid from the interior region of the vessel, wherein the valve is configured to move along a first plane between an open state and a closed state;
a valve control button extending from a side of the vessel, wherein the valve control is configured to move along a second plane transverse to the first plane:
a sieve having a rounded shape positioned about the valve and resealable opening atop the bottom and within the interior region of the vessel such that fluid flowing from the interior region through the valve flows through the sieve;
a lid selectively sealing the opening opposite the bottom of the vessel;
a base selectively coupled to the vessel and selectively causing the heating element to heat the interior region of the vessel, wherein the base includes an electronic control that adjusts an amount of power provided to the heating element; and
a handle including a trigger that selectively secures and releases the vessel to the base and an additional release control whose operation in cooperation with the trigger is required to selectively release the vessel from the base.

### Claim 9

A method for cooking a pasta using the pasta cooking system, the method comprising:
providing a pasta cooking system comprising:
a vessel including a bottom and an upstanding side wall forming an interior region of the vessel and an opening opposite the bottom of the vessel, the vessel further including:
a heating element located in the bottom;
a valve located in a resealable opening within the bottom of the vessel, the valve selectively controlling outflow of fluid from the interior region of the vessel, wherein the valve is configured to move along a first plane between an open state and a closed state;
a valve control button extending from a side of the vessel, wherein the valve control is configured to move along a second plane transverse to the first plane;
a lid selectively sealing the opening opposite the bottom of the vessel; and
a base selectively coupled to the vessel and selectively causing the heating element to heat the interior region of the vessel;
inserting pasta and water into the pasta cooking system;
activating the heating element;
cooking the pasta in water within the pasta cooking system;
depressing the valve control button to actuate the valve and allow water to drain from the vessel.