Patent ID: 7316180

Claim:
A shield that extends a sidewall of a fry pot to prevent a spillover of oil contained within the fry pot, said shield comprising: a pliable piece of fire resistant material having a top, a bottom and two ends and including a plurality of holes formed in a line near the bottom of the fire resistant material, said ends being overlapped to form a cylinder having two holes that overlap to prevent spillover of hot oil from within the shield and fry pot, such that a radius of the shield may be varied in size to accommodate different sized fry pots; and, at least one shield support having two curved surfaces, one of said curved surfaces passing through at least the two holes that overlap and the other of said curved surface resting on an upper edge of a sidewall of a fry pot, such that the plurality of holes are maintained below the upper edge of the sidewall of the fry pot.