Cover assembly for cooking vessel
OwnerRon Tyler Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A cover assembly for a cooking vessel including a seal member, a lid, and a food support assembly. The seal member has a clip portion with a lid receiving channel and an overflow channel. The lid has a top end and a sidewall defining an internal lid space. A lower end of the sidewall is receivable in the lid receiving channel of the seal member. The food support assembly is connected to the sidewall and is operable between a raised position wherein a food item may be supported within the internal lid space and a lowered position wherein the food item may be supported below the seal member in the cooking vessel.
Claims17
A cover assembly for a cooking vessel having an upper rim, comprising:
- a seal member having a U-shaped clip portion with a internal leg and an external leg arranged so that the clip portion is positionable over the upper rim of the cooking vessel, a shoulder extending from the internal leg of the clip portion so as to define a lid receiving channel and an L-shaped lip extending from the external leg to define an overflow channel;
- a lid having a top end, a sidewall extending from the top end to cooperate with the top end to define an internal lid space and having a lower end defining an open bottom end, and a tube extending through the top end to form a vent, the lower end of the sidewall being receivable in the lid receiving channel of the seal member;
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- a food support assembly connected to the sidewall, the food support assembly comprising:
- a support rod having a first end rotatably connected to the sidewall at a first point and a second end rotatably connected to the sidewall at a second point diametrically opposed to the first point so that at least a portion of the support rod extends through the internal lid space;
- at least one flexible cable member having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the support rod in a way that the second end of the flexible cable member may be raised and lowered relative to the support rod in response to rotation of the support rod;
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- a food item holder connected to the second end of the flexible cable member such that the food item holder may be selectively moved between a raised position wherein the food item holder is supported within the internal lid space and a lowered position wherein the food item holder is supported below the seal member.
A cover assembly for a cooking vessel having an upper rim, comprising:
- a lid having a top end, a sidewall extending from the top end to cooperate with the top end to define an internal lid space and having a lower end defining an open bottom end, and a tube extending through the top end to form a vent, the lower end of the sidewall being positionable on the rim of the cooking vessel;
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- a food support assembly connected to the sidewall, the food support assembly comprising:
- a support rod having a first end rotatably connected to the sidewall at a first point and a second end rotatably connected to the sidewall at a second point diametrically opposed to the first point so that at least a portion of the support rod extends through the internal lid space;
- at least one flexible cable member having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the support rod in a way that the second end of the flexible cable member may be raised and lowered relative to the support rod in response to rotation of the support rod;
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- a food item holder connected to the second end of the flexible cable member such that the food item holder may be selectively moved between a raised position wherein the food item holder is supported within the internal lid space and a lowered position wherein the food item holder is supported below the seal member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.