Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a grill with an integrated liquid reservoir. The grill includes a Main grill surface, a reservoir and a divider separating the grill surface from the reservoir. The divider has a steeply sloped first side adjacent to the reservoir and a gently sloped second side adjacent to the main grill surface. Certain embodiments of the grill may include a retaining wall surrounding the entire grill. The integrated reservoir may be useful for draining liquids away from foods while cooking or keeping liquids nearby while cooking.
Abstract: A handle for a kitchen utensil or the like includes a hand gripping section having a rearward push/pull valley with a varying, substantially elliptical cross-section that forms a floor, a push slope tapering up and forward from the floor, and a pull slope tapering up and back from the floor. The radial cross-sectional area of an end of the pull slope and a radial cross-sectional area of an end of the push slope each are substantially larger than a radial cross-sectional area of the floor. The handle section further includes a ring stop section disposed forward of the push/pull valley with one or more concentric rings extending above a surface of the handle member. The kitchen utensil includes a blade mating section disposed forward of the handle section and configured to receive a blade.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 26, 2009
Date of Patent:
August 7, 2012
Assignee:
Le Creuset SAS
Inventors:
Alexander Colin Campbell, Louis F. Genatossio, Michael Edward Caine
Abstract: A device for simultaneously pouring a liquid from a bottle (50) into a vessel (52) and mixing air into the liquid comprises bottle engaging means for engaging the neck of a bottle (50), vessel engaging means for engaging the vessel (52), a liquid flow passage (68) for flow of liquid from the bottle (50) to the vessel (52), an air return passage (34, 36) for flow of air from the vessel (52) to the bottle (50), and a liquid distributor (18) for distributing liquid in a path into the vessel.