Abstract: An article of cookware has a cooking body. A mounting part is coupled to the cooking body and includes a threaded aperture or a threaded stud. An insulator is coupled to the mounting part and has an aperture for allowing the threaded fastener or threaded stud to pass therethrough. A handle is coupled to the plastic insulator and has an aperture for allowing the threaded fastener or threaded stud to pass therethrough. The handle is fixedly secured to the mounting part, with the plastic insulator fixedly held between the handle and the mounting part, by securing the threaded fastener to the threaded aperture through the apertures on the plastic insulator and the handle or when the threaded nut is secured to the threaded stud, which passes through the apertures on the plastic insulator and the handle. The insulator reduces the conduction of heat into the handle.

Abstract: A set of range-top cookware has a vessel, a lid, and a utensil having a handle and a tool. The vessel has a utensil rest, a utensil slot and a pour spout formed in the rim of the vessel. The utensil is adapted to lay crosswise on the rim of the vessel, constrained by utensil rest and the utensil slot. The vessel has a handle which is not in line with the utensil rest, utensil slot, or pour spout. The lid has a rim with a utensil tool gap and a utensil handle gap, the utensil tool gap disposed and adapted to overlay the utensil tool, and the utensil handle gap disposed and adapted to overlay the utensil handle while it is received in the utensil handle slot. The lid rim has a strainer disposed to strain material poured from the pour spout.

Abstract: In some implementations, the inflator may include a compressor coupled to an air hose having an air fitting at a distal end thereof. In addition, the inflator may include a controller configured to control the operation of the compressor. The inflator may include entry keys coupled to the controller for setting a target air pressure for inflating an inflatable object coupled to the air fitting. Moreover, the inflator may include a display coupled to the controller for displaying the target air pressure. Also, the inflator may include a power cord having an accessory plug at a distal and thereof. Further, the inflator may include an indicator provided at the distal end of the power cord that is coupled to the controller to provide an indication that air pressure in the inflatable object has reached the target pressure.

Abstract: A paired set of cookware lids is configured to stack on each other and on cookware items. Each lid is configured to cover the other lid, with one lid in the upright position and the other in an inverted position, making it possible to stack both lids on one cookware container, with a first lid covering the container in the inverted position, and the second lid stacked on the first lid in the upright position. The lids are provided with multifunctional rims, having a flat annular shelf an outer rim extending in a perpendicular direction from the upper side of the annular shelf, and an inner rim extends in the opposite perpendicular direction from the lower side of the annular shelf.

Abstract: In an elongated, hollow stick handle for a cooking apparatus, the improvement comprising a heat shield in the form of a metal tab bent over an open end of the stick handle facing the cooking apparatus, for at least partly closing the open end of the stick handle to reduce heating of the stick handle.

Abstract: In an elongated, hollow stick handle for a cooking apparatus, the improvement comprising a heat shield in the form of a metal tab bent over an open end of the stick handle facing the cooking apparatus, for at least partly closing the open end of the stick handle to reduce heating of the stick handle.