Patent ID: 7322279

Claim:
A lid ( 4 ) for a pressure cooking appliance ( 1 ), the lid designed to be placed and locked on a cooking vessel ( 2 ), said lid ( 4 ) comprising: at least one jaw ( 5 ) mounted to move radially between a locking position and unlocking position, said at least one jaw ( 5 ) being substantially of channel section, with a top face ( 10 ) for bearing on the lid ( 4 ), a front face ( 11 ), and a folded-under bottom face ( 12 ) designed, when in the locking position, to come into contact with the underside of a rim ( 3 ) of the cooking vessel ( 2 ); wherein said at least one jaw ( 5 ) includes a substantially central setback ( 15 ) extending in the front and bottom faces ( 11 , 12 ) thereof so as to define two locking wings ( 16 , 17 ).