Patent ID: 8740159

Claim:
A lid holder for a slow cooker having a container with a domed lid, the container has a hollow interior and a rim with an inner ledge for accessing the interior of the container and the lid is sized and shaped to fit within the rim and when seated on the inner ledge cover the container with a gap between the lid and the rim, said lid holder comprising: a tray suspended on a strap; said tray having an inner and an outer wall between which at least a portion of the lid is capable of being interposed, said inner and outer walls joined along a lower edge by a curved base; a first and second pair of fins extending between the inner and outer walls for supporting the lid on the fins, said fins angled downwardly from the inner wall for obliquely and freely supporting the lid on the fins and tipping it towards the rim of the container for convenient reinstallation on the container, said fins approaching the outer wall below a top edge of the outer wall; and, a well formed in the base as a catch reservoir for liquids, said well positioned below the fins; said first pair of fins flanking the well and said second pair of fins forming end walls on the curved base; said strap having an upper and a lower end, said lower end attached to the inner wall and said upper end extending upwards, bending at a first angle to form a leg and bending at a second angle to form a straight flange, said flange adapted to be received in the gap between the lid and the rim and said leg adapted to span the rim between the ledge and an outer periphery of the rim, said strap having a length such that the tray is supported above a surface upon which the slow cooker is placed with the lid tipped against the rim of the container.