Patent ID: 7134385

Claim:
A closure structure adapted and configured to cover and close a cooking apparatus, comprising: (a) a cover adapted and configured to close an opening in a cooking vessel; (b) slide structure facilitating sliding said cover in a direction transversely across such opening into a position fully overlying such opening in such cooking vessel, and away from such position fully overlying such opening in such cooking vessel wherein a first portion of said cover overlies such opening in such cooking vessel and a second different portion of said cover does not overlie such opening in such cooking vessel; and (c) pivot structure pivoting said cover about a pivot axis when said cover has been slid away from such position fully overlying such opening in such cooking vessel, said cover being comprised in a cover assembly, said cover assembly further comprising slide arms ( 64 A, 64 B) supporting said cover assembly from said slide structure and sliding into and out of said slide structure between an extended position and a retracted position.