Patent ID: 9526377
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. A storage unit adapted to releasably mount a lid of a cooking vessel to a vertical mounting surface, the storage unit comprising a top bracket and at least two lower brackets; the top bracket comprising a top perpendicular element and a top flange, the top perpendicular element configured to project essentially perpendicular to the vertical mounting surface, the top flange extending downward from the top perpendicular element a top flange distance, the top perpendicular element defining a downward-facing object contact face; and the at least two lower brackets, each of the at least two lower brackets comprising a lower perpendicular element and a lower flange, the lower perpendicular element configured to project essentially perpendicular to the vertical mounting surface, the lower flange extending upward from the lower perpendicular element a lower flange distance, the lower perpendicular element defining an upward-facing object support face; the top bracket and the at least two lower brackets adapted to be secured to the vertical mounting surface such that the at least two lower brackets are situated on opposite sides of a vertical object centerline of the lid such that when the lid is mounted in the storage unit, each upward-facing object support face is aligned along an arc coincident with a lower edge portion of the lid; the top bracket is situated near the vertical object centerline above the at least two lower brackets such that the object contact face of the top bracket is situated a separation distance above an upper edge portion of the lid when the lower edge portion of the lid is resting on each object support face of each lower bracket, wherein the separation distance is at least ¼ inch greater than the lower flange distance of each lower bracket; the lower flange distance is at least ⅛ inch greater than a thickness of the lid at a rim of the lid thereby restraining the lid; and the top flange distance is at least ¼ inch longer than the lower flange distance.