Cooking utensil
OwnerWilliam Barker, Donald Hensleyinventors
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Abstract
A cooking utensil for use with a cooking appliance having a hingedly mounted cover includes a food engaging portion; and a shaft mounted on the food engaging portion and which supports the cover in a given spaced orientation relative to the cooking appliance.
Claims30
A cooking utensil for use with a cooking appliance having a hingedly mounted cover, comprising:
- a food engaging portion;
- and
- a shaft mounted on the food engaging portion and which supports the cover in a given spaced orientation relative to the cooking appliance.
A cooking utensil for use with a cooking appliance having a cooking surface, and a hingedly mounted cover for selectively covering the cooking surface, the cooking utensil comprising:
- a shaft having a first, and opposite second end, and wherein the shaft has an intermediate portion located between the first and second ends, and wherein the intermediate portion is defined by a plurality of first and second courses, and wherein the respective first and second courses define individual steps;
- a food engaging portion mounted on the first end of the shaft and which further defines a region which cooperates with the cooking appliance;
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- a handle mounted on the second end of the shaft, and wherein the respective steps of the shaft selectively orient the cover in spaced relation relative to the cooking surface.
A cooking utensil for use with a cooking appliance which is defined by a sidewall, and which further has a cooking surface, and a hingedly moveable cover which may be positioned in a first substantially covering relation position relative to the cooking surface, and a second substantially unsupported position which allows access to the cooking surface, the cooking utensil comprising:
- a food engagement portion which defines a channel which mating receives a portion of the sidewall of the cooking appliance;
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- an elongated shaft having a first end which is mounted on the food engagement portion, and an opposite second end which defines a handle, and wherein the elongated shaft defines a plurality of steps therebetween the first and second ends of the shaft, and wherein the cooking utensil is operable to support the cover of the cooking appliance in a plurality of substantially fixed orientations therebetween the first and second position of the cover when the food engagement portion engages the sidewall of the cooking appliance, and the cover is disposed in gravitationally rested relation on one of the plurality of steps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.