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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philippe Raoult, Pringy, FR;
Assignee:
SEB S.A., Ecully, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ; A47J / ; B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220369 ; 99403 ; 99410 ; 220287 ; 2203661 ; 220912 ; D739 / ; D753 / ;
Abstract
A cooking vessel has a handle or handles for holding it and a lid having a peripheral lip resting in a substantially sealed manner on an upper rim of the vessel. An inside surface of the lid includes at least one cavity formed between the peripheral lip and an abutment projecting towards the interior of the vessel. The lid moves under gravity on the upper rim of the vessel, upon tilting of the vessel, towards a position in which the cavity is at least in part outside the upper rim of the vessel. A passage is formed between the upper rim of the vessel and the cavity. The abutment bears against the upper rim of the vessel to limit outward displacement of the lid.