Patent ID: 8544679
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An assembly comprising a first lid and a second lid for a cooking appliance, each lid including: a cover having an upper surface and a lower surface, a peripheral rim bordering the lower surface of the cover and having a height, a grasping device that can be in at least i) a stacked position in which the grasping device does not hinder the stacking of the first lid with a second lid, and ii) a grasping position in which the grasping device presents a grasping surface clear of the lid, and an elastic element for moving the grasping device from the stacked position to the grasping position, each grasping device including: a base fixed to the upper surface of the cover, the elastic element being positioned inside the base and above the cover, and at least one flap which carries the grasping surface and which is mobile in relation to the base between the stacking position and the grasping position in which the grasping surface is not in contact with the cover, the at least one flap being mounted on the base to rotate in relation to the base on a rotation axis parallel to a plane tangential to the cover at a level of the base, said elastic element having an elasticity which causes movement of the flap from the grasping position to the stacked position when the rim of the second lid is applied onto the upper surface of the first lid, and the lower surface of said second lid is applied against the flap of the cover of the first lid which is then set inside said peripheral rim of the second lid, wherein, elastic element is a flat, open ring spring, each flap includes two spindles diametrically opposite to each other and extending radially toward an interior of the handle, and said two spindles of each flap contact the spring.