Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J45/00—Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery
  • A47J45/06—Handles for hollow-ware articles
  • A47J45/062—Bowl handles
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J36/00—Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels
  • A47J36/34—Supports for cooking-vessels
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J47/00—Kitchen containers, stands or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass; Cutting-boards, e.g. for bread
  • A47J47/16—Stands, or holders for kitchen articles

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a cookware article and in particular to pots and pans having a means to support utensils on the rim of the cookware.
• cookware utensils that have a notch on the some portion between the grip portion and the functional end.
• the notch is intended to receive the rim and upper sidewall of the vessel by insertion, when the utensil is turned and properly aligned and lowered to rest on the rim.
• the notch presents steep interior walls that are spaced slightly larger that the sidewall width, the utensil's functional end can be supported over the cookware vessel so that any residual food matter either drains back into the cookware, or least does not contaminate the counter space, cook top, potentially eliminating the need for a storage plate.
• a utensil can be statically stable within a concavity on the grip portion of the handle, it is subject to being dislodged and falling either on the floor or within the utensil when the cookware handle is manipulated, either intentionally to stir the food without using a utensil (by shaking the pan) or unintentionally by making casual contact with it while performing other tasks.
• the first object is achieved by providing an article of cookware comprising a substantially horizontal bottom, a substantially upright sidewall extending upward there from and encircling said bottom to form a fluid retaining interior region, the sidewall terminating at a rim portion, at least one handle attached to the sidewall of the cookware having a gripping portion disposed distal from the rim, wherein a magnet is embedded within the gripping portion.
• a second aspect of the invention is characterized in that article of cookware has the rim and gripping portion of the handle is disposed at the same vertical height.
• Another aspect of the invention is a cookware and utensil set comprising the above article of cookware according and a utensil having an elongated handle portion and a working portion attached to and end of the elongated portion, wherein the elongated handle includes a magnetic portion.
• a still further aspect of the invention the above cookware and utensil wherein the utensil is substantially nonmetallic and has a metallic portion embedded within the elongated handle portion.
• FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional elevation of the cooking vessel according to a first embodiment of the invention showing a utensil, in the form of a spoon, being supported by the rim and handle of the cookware vessel.
• FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1.
• FIG. 3 A is a cross-sectional elevation through section line portion A-A in
• FIG. 2 whereas FIG. 3 B is an orthogonal cross-sectional elevation thereto.
• FIG. 4 is an alternative embodiment of the handle and vessel illustrated in an orthogonal cross-sectional elevation at the same orientation as shown in FIG. 3B.
• FIG. 5 A is a perspective view of a single chop stick in a pair adapted for use with an embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional elevation of the pair of chop sticks
• FIG. 5C is a perspective view of the single chop stick of FIG. 5 A prior to insertion of the metal element.
• FIG. 5D is a perspective view of a spoon having a metallic outer ring.
• FIG. 5E is a perspective view of a spoon having a metallic outer sleeve.
• FIGS. 1 through 5 wherein like reference numerals refer to like components in the various views, there is illustrated therein a new and improved cookware articles having utensil supporting means, generally denominated 100 herein.
• FIG. 1 illustrates a cookware vessel
• a utensil 10 (In this non- limiting example the utensil is illustrated as spoon) on the rim 130 thereof so that the functional end 11 of the spoon 10 is suspended over the center of the cooking vessel 100, that is above the bottom 110 of the cooking vessel 100 and between the surrounding sidewalls 120 that extends upward there from to rim 130.
• the handle or grasping end 12 of the utensil 10 has a portion resting on rim 130 and another portion that is proximal to distal end 13 of handle 12 supported on the cookware handle 150, which is attached to vessel side wall 120 via flanges 140.
• cookware handle 150 has a gripping portion 151 with an embedded magnet 152.
• the portion overlying or in close proximity to magnet 152 is subjected to an attractive retaining force.
• utensil 10 is also supported in a cantilever orientation at rim 130 as well as being at least somewhat restrained by magnet 152. This permits the placement of the usually heavier working or functional portion 11 of spoon or utensil 10 well inward from the rim 130 of vessel 100, but precludes its falling therein. Hence, the cook need not place the utensil 10 on the counter, and any residue on the function end 11 can drain back into the vessel 100.
• Handle 150 can be considered as having a flange portion 140 that is connected to the side walls 120 of the cookware vessel 100, typically either by rivets or welding.
• flanges 140 typically have two arms 141 and 141 ' that extends laterally outward from the cookware vessel wall 120 wherein each of arms 141 and 141 ' is then connected to the other by opposite ends of a handgrip portion 151.
• the magnet 152 is embedded by a rubber covering layer 154 within this handgrip portion 151. Disposing the locus of the magnetic coupling of the utensil 10 more distal from rim 130, at handgrip portion 151.
• the flange portion 140 of the handle 150 is generally metallic, a preferred construction is to have a core 153 of the grip portion 151 that is also metallic, in which the magnet 152 is placed thereon. Thereafter in the manufacturing of handle 150, the core metal portion 153 and the attached magnet 152 are covered by an over molded rubber grip portion 154. This rubber grip portion 154 is more comfortable for the cook/chef or consumer to grasp, and will be cooler than metal core 153.
• FIG. 3 A illustrates that utensil 10 has a flat bottom grip portion surface 12a.
• Fig. 4 illustrates another embodiment in which the rim 130 and the top of the handle 150 having embedded magnet 152 are not vertically flush, but have their top surfaces inclined upward away from the center of the vessel in a common reference plane 159 so that a flat portion of the utensil handle 12 will be disposed on both the rim 130 surface and upper handle surface 151a for more stable support.
• utensil that are preferably not entirely metallic, such as bamboo chopsticks 20 or wooden stirring spoons 30, a metallic strip 25 can be embedded into the grip portion of the utensil that is distal from the working end.
• each of the bamboo chopsticks 20 has a strip
• a metallic ring 28 (FIG. 5D) or sleeve 29 (FIG. 5E) can be formed over the grip portion 32, as illustrated for the wooden spoon 30 shown in FIG. 4B.
• the wooden spoon 30 in FIG. 5D has a metallic ring 28 around the Grip portion 32 thereof.
• the wooden spoon 30 in FIG. 5E has a metallic sleeve 28 around the grip portion 32 thereof.
• the top of the vessel handle having an embedded magnet is planar and at the same vertical position as the horizontal surface of rim 130, and that the grip portion of utensil that is intended to rest on the rim and magnetically attractive portion of the handle is also a planar surface, as has been illustrated in FIG. 3A, in which utensil has a curved upper surface but a flat bottom surface 12a.
• the utensils 10, 20 or 30 can have embedded magnets in the handle or grip portions 12 thereof and the cookware handle 150 can be a ferro-magnetic metal or have an oppositely polarized magnetic 153 disposed therein.

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