Lid for cooking utensils
OwnerHenning M. Hendersoninventor
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Abstract
A lid for cooking utensils such as a frying pan, pot, or the like is provided in which the lid has a dished configuration, generally smoothly dished towards a central region such that the lid may be accommodated on a wide variety of different pots and pans. The lid has perforations in the operatively lowermost region thereof to allow liquids thereon to drain into a pot or pan in use. Associated with each perforation is a shield member located thereover so that direct passage of liquids or solids through the perforations is substantially prevented while passage of gasses is free. There may be only one shield member for all the perforations and a centrally located handle is generally provided.
Claims10
A lid for cooking utensils comprising a single lid member having a smoothly dished configuration such that, in the operative orientation, a central zone thereof is lower than the remainder of the lid, perforations through the lid member and confined in location to said lower central zone, and an imperforate shield member of substantially smaller size than the lid itself, the shield member being spaced upwardly from said perforations and being supported relative to the lid member by one or more stand members, the shield member being adapted to substantially shield the perforations in use from direct passage of liquids out of the perforations while allowing the free escape of gas past such shield members.
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