Cookware lid
AssigneeCalphalon Corporation
InventorsShane Seiple, Brian J. Demers
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Abstract
A cookware lid has upper and lower holes provided on a recessed, sloping surface. The lower end of the recessed surface provides a reservoir to receive and drain liquid The upper holes allow steam and foam to escape a vessel, condense and run down the sloping surface into the reservoir and back into a vessel, avoiding boil over during cooking. The lid may also include a locking mechanism to attach to a vessel so as to further avoid boil over and also permit straining.
Claims13
A cookware lid comprising an upper rim surrounding a recessed portion, the recess portion including a sloped surface wherein at least one set of upper holes are provided at an upper end of the sloped surface and at least one set of lower holes are provided at a lower end of the sloped surface, the sloped surface and rim defining a reservoir configured to receive liquid that runs down the slope surface and drain said liquid through said lower holes.
Cookware comprising:
- a vessel;
- a lid having an upper rim surrounding a recessed portion, the recess portion including a sloped surface wherein at least one set of upper holes are provided at an upper end of the sloped surface and at least one set of lower holes are provided at a lower end of the sloped surface, the sloped surface and rim defining a reservoir configured to receive liquid that runs down the slope surface and drain said liquid through said lower holes;
- and
- a locking mechanism to attach the lid to the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.