Patent Publication Number: US-2016236828-A1

Title: Container Cover Assembly

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Field of the Disclosure 
     The disclosure relates to cover devices and more particularly pertains to a new cover device to cover a variety of sizes of containers. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel that may be positioned on a container. The panel is comprised of a resiliently deformable and fluid impermeable material. An elastic member is coupled to the panel and the elastic member frictionally engages the container. The elastic member allows the panel to cover a variety of sizes of containers. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a container cover assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a top perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a cross sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a kit view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 7  thereof, a new cover device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 7 , the container cover assembly  10  generally comprises a panel  12  that has a top surface  14 , a bottom surface  16  and a peripheral edge  18  extending therebetween. The peripheral edge  18  is be arcuate such that the peripheral edge  18  is spaced from the bottom surface  16 . The panel  12  may be positionable such that the bottom surface  16  abuts a top edge  20  of a container  22  and the peripheral edge  18  abuts an outer surface  24  of the container  22 . The panel  12  may preserve contents of the container  22  and the panel  12  is comprised of a resiliently deformable and fluid impermeable material. The container  22  may be a bowl, a pot, a pan or the like. 
     An elastic member  26  is coupled to the bottom surface  16  and the elastic member  26  is coextensive with the peripheral edge  18 . The elastic member  26  urges the peripheral edge  18  inwardly toward a center of the bottom surface  16 . The elastic member  26  frictionally engages the outer surface  24  when the panel  12  is positioned on the container  22 . The elastic member  26  substantially seals the container  22  and the elastic member  26  allows the panel  12  to cover a variety of sizes of containers  22 . The peripheral edge  18  may be coupled to the bottom surface  16  to form a channel  28 . The elastic member  26  may be positioned within the channel  28 . 
     The panel  12  is one of a high temperature panel  30 , a medium temperature panel  32  and a low temperature panel  34 . The high temperature panel  30  has a plurality of openings  36  extending through the top 14 and bottom  16  surfaces and the openings  36  are spaced apart from each other and distributed on the panel  12 . The openings  36  may allow steam to escape the container  22 . The high temperature panel  30  may be comprised of a microwave safe material capable of withstanding temperatures ranging between approximately 200° Fahrenheit and 300° Fahrenheit. The high temperature panel  30  may additionally have a red color to allow the high temperature panel  30  to be easily visually identified. 
     The medium temperature panel  32  may be comprised of a translucent material to allow the medium temperature panel  32  to be easily visually identified and the material may be capable of withstanding a temperature ranging between 40° Fahrenheit and 90° Fahrenheit. The low temperature panel  34  may be comprised of a material capable of withstanding temperatures ranging between approximately 0° Fahrenheit and 40° Fahrenheit. The low temperature panel  34  may have a blue color to allow the low temperature panel  34  to be easily visually identified. 
     In use, a selected one of the high temperature panel  32 , the medium temperature panel  34  or the low temperature panel  36  is positioned over the container  22  so the bottom surface  16  abuts the top edge  20  of the container  22 . The panel  12  is stretched over the container  22  so the peripheral edge  18  abuts the outer surface  24  of the container  22 . The elastic member  26  substantially seals the container  22  to extend a shelf life of the contents of the container  22 . The color of the selected panel  12  allows the temperature of the container  22  to be easily visually identified. The panel  12  may be washed and re-used or disposed of after the panel  12  is removed from the container  22 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.