ATTACHMENT FOR A SERVING VESSEL

Abstract

The invention relates to a holder for the lid (7) of a pot-type or dish-type serving vessel (1) such as a cooking vessel, the holder being used to hold the lid on the serving vessel in an upright position after the lid has been removed. The holder is characterised by an attachment in the form of a ring (2) which can be attached to the upper rim of the serving vessel and which has a ring opening (5) that can be sealed using the loose, free lid (7), wherein the ring (2) has at least one support (10) forming stops and being used to hold the lid (7) in an upright position on the ring.

Claims

1. A holder for holding a loose and free lid a cook pot or dish on the cook pot or dish in an upright position after the lid has been removed from a closed position, the holder comprising: a ring that can be set on an upper edge of the serving vessel and forming an opening closable by the lid; and at least one stop-forming support on the lid and (10) that holds the lid on the ring in an upright position with a lower part of an edge of the lid extending down into the ring opening.

2. (canceled)

3. The holder according to claim 1, wherein, when in its upright position, the lid projects with a lower part of its outer edge into an interior of the serving vessel.

4. The holder according to claim 1, wherein the stop-forming support of the ring has at least one projection that extends radially into the ring opening as an inner stop behind which the lower edge of the lid is held.

5. The holder according to claim 4, wherein one such projection is provided at each of two spaced-apart points as an inner stop on an inner edge face of the ring.

6. The holder according to claim 4, wherein the projection on the inner edge face of the ring is integrally formed on the ring.

7. The holder according to claim 1, wherein the ring has notches at two spaced-apart points on its inner and upper edges in which the lid rests with its edge when in the upright position.

8. The holder according to claim 7, wherein the lid has two projections that extend outward and each rest in a respective one of the notches both when the lid is in a closed position and when it is in the upright position.

9. The holder according to claim 8, wherein the projections are made of a metal or plastic wire fastened to the lid.

10. The holder according to any one claim 1, wherein the upper edge of the ring has at least one projection that extends into ring opening as an outer stop.

11. The holder according to claim 1, wherein the lower edge of the ring has a lower-edge shape complementary to the upper edge of the serving vessel, and that the upper edge of the ring has an upper-edge shape complementary to the edge of the lid.

12. The holder according to claim 4, wherein a handle is off-center on an upper side of the lid.

13. The holder according to claim 4, wherein a handle (13) is off-center on an upper side of the lid.

14. The holder according to claim 8, wherein the projections are coaxially aligned and extend substantially along an axis extending as a secant of the ring for pivoting of the lid between the closed position and the upright position about the axis.

15. The holder according to claim 14, wherein there are two of the stops defining another axis parallel to the axis of the projections and lying between same and a center of the ring.

Description

[0013] An embodiment of the invention is shown in a perspective view in the drawing and will be described in further detail in the following.

[0014] Commercially available cookware 1 is to be used as a serving vessel having a lid 7. To this end, the cookware, particularly a cooking pot, carries an attachment in the form of a ring (ring member) 2 that covers the upper edge 3 of the cookware 1, the lower edge 14 of the ring having a lower-edge shape complementary to the upper edge of the serving vessel, and the upper edge 4 of the ring has an upper-edge shape complementary to the edge of the lid. The lower edge 14 of the ring is formed here such that it covers the upper edge 3 of the cookware with its U- or L-shaped cross section, so that the ring 2 is held securely on the cookware 1. The ring 2 is preferably made of metal or plastic.

[0015] The upper edge 4 of the ring 2 has a stepped inner edge face 6 that annularly surrounds the ring opening 5 in which the outer edge 8 of the lid 7 rests when the lid closes the ring opening 5.

[0016] Two elongated, stop-forming projections 10 are formed are integrally formed as fixed supports on the inner edge of the ring 2 that are aligned on a secant S1 to the inner circle 15 of the ring 2. The secant S1 is spaced radially substantially outward from the center of the circle. The lid 7 is placed in the upright position behind these two projections 10, so that the lid rests with a lower part of its outer edge 8 behind the two projections 10.

[0017] In this upright position, the outer edge 8 also lies in two elongated notches 11 formed in the upper edge 4 of the ring. The two notches 11 lie on a second secant S2 that extending parallel to the above-described first secant S1 and has a greater spacing from the center of the ring 2 than the spacing of the first secant S1 from the ring center.

[0018] As a support, the two stop-forming projections 10 and the two stop-forming notches 11 form a sufficiently tilt-proof holder for the lid 7, which is preferably made of glass, when the lid is in its upright position. In another embodiment, the lid has two lateral lid projections 12 that rest in the notches 11 and lie on or close and parallel to the second secant S2. When the lid is lifted from its horizontal lower position into the upright upper position, the lid rotates about the two lid projections 12, which form an axis of rotation. The two lid projections 12 can be welded or glued to or integrally formed on the lid 7. Alternatively, the two lid projections 12 are formed by the two laterally projecting ends of a piece of wire that is attached to the outside of the outer edge of the lid.

[0019] The outer stop that is provided for positive guidance of the lid lies on a third secant that is parallel to the above-described first and second secants S1 and S2 and has a greater spacing from the center of the ring 2 than the spacings of the first secant S1 from the ring center.

[0020] At least one radially aligned and unillustrated recess, particularly a groove, is formed in the upper edge 4 of the ring as a holder for cooking utensils. Furthermore, a handle 13 is provided off-center on the upper side of the lid. The lid handle 13 is located on the side of the lid facing toward the guest.