# US 2016/0255993 A1 · Cooking vessel with protective rim > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0255993 A1 - Document ID: US20160255993A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/641,262 - Filed: 2015-03-06 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-06 - Assignees: Les Promotions Atlantiques Inc./Atlantic Promotions Inc. - Applicants: Les Promotions Atlantiques Inc./Atlantic Promotions Inc. - Inventors: Zhihui FENG; Junbin ZHANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160255993A1 ## CPC - A47J 27/002: {Construction of cooking-vessels; Methods or processes of manufacturing specially adapted for cooking-vessels} - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES ## Abstract The present invention relates to a cooking device, and more particularly to a cooking vessel with a protective rim. A cooking vessel is provided comprising a container portion and a protective rim component. The container portion has an interior side and an edge delimiting the container portion. The interior side comprises a non-stick cooking surface. A protective rim component is mounted along the edge of the container portion, for shielding the edge, in order to prevent disintegration of the non-stick property of the cooking surface and/or the warping of the cooking vessel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cooking vessel comprising: a container portion having an interior side and an edge delimiting the container portion, said interior side comprising a non-stick cooking surface; and a protective rim component mounted along the edge of the container portion, in order to shield the edge of the container portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the non-stick interior cooking surface extends substantially along the interior side of the container portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the container portion comprises a wall extending from the edge, the wall comprising a rim portion extending along said edge of the container portion and a main portion extending from the rim portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A cooking vessel according to claim 3, wherein the rim portion has a thickness greater than a thickness of the main portion of the wall. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A cooking vessel according to claim 4, wherein the rim portion protrudes outwardly with respect to the container portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) A cooking vessel according to claim 3, wherein the rim portion comprises an interior side prolonging an interior side of the main portion of the wall. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) A cooking vessel according to claim 3, wherein the protective rim component is mounted onto the rim portion of the container portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) A cooking vessel according to claim 3, wherein the protective rim component substantially covers the rim portion of the container portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) A cooking vessel according to claim 3, wherein the protective rim component comprises a sheet material mounted onto said rim portion of the container portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A cooking vessel according to claim 9, wherein the sheet material is clamped about said rim portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the protective rim component extends along a substantially portion of the edge of the container portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the rim component extends substantially across the edge of the container portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the rim component extends along said interior side of the container portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the container portion comprises an exterior side opposite the interior side, and wherein the rim component extends along said exterior side of the container portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the container portion comprises an exterior side opposite the interior side, the exterior side comprising a non-stick surface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A cooking vessel according to claim 15, wherein the non-stick surface of the exterior side has been surface treated with a metal pellet treatment where metal pellets are shot at high speed against the surface to form dimples across the treated surface, in order to produce said non-stick surface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) A cooking vessel according to claim 15, wherein the non-stick surface of the exterior side comprises a non-stick coating. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the non-stick surface of the interior side of the container portion has been surface treated with a metal pellet treatment where metal pellets are shot at high speed against the surface to form dimples across the treated surface, in order to produce said non-stick interior cooking surface. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) A cooking vessel according to claim 18, wherein the non-stick surface of the interior side comprises a non-stick coating. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the container portion comprises aluminum. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the protective rim component comprises stainless steel. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the protective rim component has a composition of greater resistance than a composition of said container portion. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) A cooking vessel according to claim 1, wherein the container portion comprises an undersurface for contacting a heating element, the undersurface comprising a peripheral ring having been machined from the container portion for protecting said undersurface. ### Claim 24 A method of manufacturing a cooking vessel comprising: providing a container portion having an interior side and an edge delimiting the container portion; treating said interior side for producing a non-stick cooking surface; and mounting a protective rim component along the edge of the container portion, in order to shield the edge of the container portion.