Patent ID: 6796221
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: A47J,F24C

Abstract:
A cookware with propping assembly for draining grease away from food while cooking, comprising:a piece of cookware having a heating portion and a handle portion, said heating portion having a bottom wall adapted for resting upon a burner and for supporting food to be heated, said handle portion having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said handle portion being operationally coupled to said heating portion, said handle portion extending outwardly from said heating portion; a propping assembly coupled to said handle portion adjacent to said distal end, said propping assembly having a length greater than a distance between a bottom of said handle portion and a support surface, said propping assembly having an extended position whereby said handle portion is supported above the support surface and said heating portion is tilted from a horizontal resting position; said propping assembly further comprises a pair of propping legs, each one of said propping legs being pivotally coupled to said handle portion, each one of said propping legs having a stored position defined by a longitudinal axis of said propping leg being in a substantially parallel relationship with a longitudinal axis of said handle portion, each one of said propping legs having an extended position defined by said longitudinal axis of said propping leg being in an oblique angular relationship to said longitudinal axis of said handle portion.