Patent ID: 6497174
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A cooking pan, comprising:a bottom wall that defines a bounded cooking surface; a side wall, wherein a lower portion of the side wall extends upward from the boundary of the cooking surface on the bottom wall, and the side wall has an inside surface having a curvilinear profile in a plane that is normal to the cooking surface; an elongated handle having an axis and joined at one end at a first point on the side wall, and the cooking surface has a rear region that is closer to the handle and a forward region that is further from the handle; the lower portion of the side wall opposite the handle in the direction of the handle axis, has said curvilinear profile formed so that food pieces on the cooking surface are propelled upward near the side wall when the handle is pulled backward to direct the food pieces against the inside surface of the lower portion of the side wall; an upper portion of the side wall has a top edge that rises upward from the cooking surface from second and third points on the top edge, to a fourth point on the top edge which is opposite the first point on the side wall in the direction of the handle axis; and a line drawn tangent to said curvilinear profile substantially at said fourth point forms an angle of between 2 and 10 degrees with respect to the normal direction of the cooking surface wherein the food pieces that are propelled upward near the side wall opposite the handle when the handle is pulled backward, are directed by the upper portion of the side wall to land substantially within the forward region of said cooking surface.