Cooking utensils

• US 4,215,629 A
• Filed: 01/16/1976
• Issued: 08/05/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alexander P. Janssen
• Original Assignee: Alexander P. Janssen
• Inventors: Janssen, Alexander P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hornsby, Harvey C.
• Application Number:
  US05/649,680
• Time in Patent Office: 1,663 Days
• Field of Search: 99/403, 99/407, 99/279, 99/410, 99/295, 99/330, 99/336, 99/345, 99/355, 99/359, 99/416-417, 99/418, 99/449, 99/467, 126/39 M, 126/373, 426/412, 426/39.2, 426/397, 426/403, 220/63, 220/65
• US Class Current: 99/403
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/022 Cooking- or baking-vessels or supports thereof for using only once eating- or serving-plates for using only once A47G19/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/20 Perforated bases or perforated containers to be placed inside a cooking utensil ; Draining baskets, inserts with separation wall

Abstract

Cooking utensils for both stovetop and oven cookery. They are primarily intended to be used in conjunction with a disposable bag to produce cooked comestibles of superior quality and to eliminate the cleaning appurtenant to the use of conventional cooking vessels.

Claims

1. The combination of a cooking utensil for comestibles and a disposable bag for holding the comestibles to be cooked, said utensil comprising a container and means engageable with the comestibles-filled bag to hold said bag in said container and keep it from floating so that said bag can be submersed in a liquid in said container to cook the comestibles in said bag, the means for keeping the comestibles-filled bag from floating including means to which the lower end of the bag can be attached to shape said lower end into a configuration which facilitates the removal of comestibles from said bag and to keep said lower bag end from floating upwardly in the liquid in said container.

2. The combination of claim 1, wherein the means for keeping the bag from floating has a vertically extending wall means and wherein the means to which the lower end of the bag can be attached are studs protruding outwardly from said side wall at diametrically opposed locations therearound.

3. An accessory usable with a container and a disposable bag for holding comestibles to keep the bag submersed in a liquid cooking medium in the container while the comestibles cook, said accessory comprising a cover member adapted to be located above and to be engaged by the comestibles-filled bag, said cover member having an aperature through which the upper end of the bag can be extended to keep said end uppermost during the cooking cycle and thereby prevent upward movement of said bag and its contents and means for supporting the cover member in spaced relation above and from the bottom of the container with which it is used, said cover member supporting means and the cover member being integrated into a single unit and said accessory also having a vertically extending side wall means, the cover member supporting means comprising feet integrated with said side wall means at the lower end thereof and at intervals therearound and the the cover being integrated with the side wall means at the upper end thereof.

4. An accessory according to claim 3, which has an outwardly directed flange means around the periphery thereof, there being notches at intervals along said flange, whereby said accessory can be locked against upward movement in a container having a bottom wall and co-operating stops by disposing said accessory in said container with said feet resting on the container bottom wall and the notches aligned with the stops and then rotating said accessory to bring unnotched portions of said flange under said stops.

5. An accessory usable with a container and a disposable bag for holding comestibles to keep the bag submersed in a liquid cooking medium in the container while the comestibles cook, said accessory including means adapted to have the lower end of the bag attached thereto to shape said lower end into a configuration which facilitates the removal of comestibles from said bag and to keep said lower bag end from floating upwardly in the liquid in said container, said accessory having a vertically extending wall means and the means to which the lower end of the bag is adapted to be attached comprising studs protruding outwardly from said side wall at diametrically opposed locations therearound, said studs being adapted to have the lower end of the bag attached thereto.

6. The combination of a cooking utensil for comestibles and a disposable bag for holding the comestibles to be cooked, said bag having an opening therein through which comestibles can be introduced and removed and the said utensil comprising a container and means engageable with the comestibles-filled bag to hold said bag in said container and keep it from floating so that said bag can be submersed in a liquid in said container to cook the comestibles in said bag, the means for holding down the comestibles-filled bag and its contents including means for gathering the portion of the bag in which the opening is formed during the cooking cycle so that gases and vapors can escape through the opening without a cooking medium entering the bag therethrough, the means for gathering the portion of the bag in which the opening is formed being a first member incorporated in the holddown means and having an opening therein in which said portion of the bag can be located to gather it and constrict the opening therein, the opening in said first member of the means for holding down the comestibles-filled bag and its contents being a slot therethrough which extends from the periphery to the central part thereof through which the upper part of the bag can be displaced to position the holding means relative to the bag, said first member being generally horizontally oriented, and the means for holding down the comestibles-filled bag including a second member with an opening therethrough, said second member being vertically oriented and located adjacent the inner end of the slot in the first member, whereby the gathered upper end of the bag can be extended through the opening in said second member to retain it in place.