Patent ID: 7124446

Claim:
A potholder, comprising: a first flexible fabric outer surface and a second flexible fabric outer surface, the first and second surfaces having a periphery and being joined together about the periphery, the first and second surfaces forming a generally flat potholder body; at least one layer of flexible insulation material disposed between the first and second outer surfaces; at least two pockets disposed on the first outer surface, each of the pockets having an opening, the two pocket openings facing each other; and at least one seam sewn through the potholder body between the two pockets parallel to the pocket openings and defining a crease about which the body is folded; whereby the first pocket retains a user's thumb and the second pocket retains fingers of the hand allowing the user to retain the potholder on the hand while folding the potholder along the crease in order to grasp hot cookware.