Patent ID: 8887939

Claim:
A utensil ( 1 ) for cooking food under pressure, said utensil comprising firstly a vessel ( 2 ) and a lid ( 3 ) and secondly a control member ( 6 ) for controlling locking/unlocking of the lid ( 3 ) relative to the vessel ( 2 ), said utensil being characterized in that said control member ( 6 ) is mounted to move on the lid ( 3 ) between firstly a deployed position corresponding to the lid ( 3 ) being unlocked, said deployed position being an abutment position in which said control member ( 6 ) is designed to be taken hold of manually in order to enable the lid ( 3 ) to be handled, and secondly a retracted position corresponding to the lid ( 3 ) being locked and in which said control member ( 6 ) is designed to be more difficult to take hold of manually than it is in the deployed position, wherein the control member is connected to the lid at two pivot points near respective longitudinal ends of the control member.