STACKABLE COVER FOR CONTAINER
A stackable cover for a container includes a central portion, a peripheral portion, at two recesses, and an opening. The peripheral portion is formed on a peripheral of the central portion. Each of the recess is formed on a top surface of the central portion with a corresponding protruding part formed on a bottom surface of the central portion. At least one protrusion is formed on a side wall of the recess. The opening is formed on a side edge of the peripheral portion and the central portion. The bottom surface of a stackable cover matches the top surface of another stackable cover, wherein the protruding part of the former stackable cover is engaged into the recess of the later the stackable cover, two or more stackable are capable of being stacked and conveniently stored.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cover of a container. More particularly, the present invention relates to a stackable cover capable of being stacked and being conveniently stored.
2. Related Art
Cookware is indispensable in people's daily life. As many cooking methods appeared, for example, pan-frying, boiling, roasting/baking, and deep-frying, various cookware are also brought into the kitchen, and as a result, the kitchen is in disorder and it is difficult to clean up.
Generally, a cooking pot set has two parts, namely, a pot and a cover, in which the cover enables the pot to have better heating efficiency and provides desirable shielding property for the pot as well, so as to prevent foreign objects from falling into the pot during cooking. However, the cover is usually inconvenient for being stored. Particularly, it is difficult for various covers to match with each other, and furthermore, most of the conventional pot covers have protruded handles, so that the covers are difficult for being stacked.
Even if the user uses the same type of covers, the covers have handles, so that the same type of covers still cannot be stacked together. Therefore, the pot covers are difficult for being stored, and a large storage space is occupied. What's worse, the covers may be lost due to the improper storage, and thereby affecting the cooking time of the food, and food sanitation, etc.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a stackable cover to solve the problem in the prior art that the cover of a container is difficult to be stored and a large storage space is occupied.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a stackable cover, which includes a central portion, a peripheral portion, at least one recess, and an opening. The peripheral portion is formed around the central portion. The recess is formed on a surface of the central portion corresponding to a protruding part formed on a bottom surface of the central portion. At least one protrusion is formed on a side wall of the recess. The opening is formed on a side edge of the central portion and cuts off the peripheral portion. The bottom surface of a stackable cover matches the top surface of another stackable cover, wherein the protruding part of the former stackable cover is engaged into the recess of the later the stackable cover, two or more stackable are capable of being stacked and conveniently stored.
The stackable cover of the present invention employs two or more recesses to replace the protruded handles on the conventional cover. Therefore, a plurality of stackable covers of the present invention can be stacked together in sequence, so as to eliminate the disadvantages that the protruded handle occupies a large space and the cover cannot be stacked due to the protruded handle. Furthermore, the protrusions in the recess of the present invention provide supporting and anti-slipping effects when the user holds the cover. Therefore, the cover of the present invention has the advantages of being conveniently stored, saving the stacking space, and being tidy and clean.
Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below for illustration only, which thus is not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
In order to make the objective, construction, feature, and function of the present invention be more comprehensible, the present invention is described below in detail through embodiments.
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The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
Claims
1. A stackable cover, comprising:
- a central portion;
- a peripheral portion, formed around the central portion;
- two recesses, wherein each of the recess is formed on a top surface of the central portion, a corresponding protruding part is formed on a bottom surface of the central portion, and at least one protrusion is formed on a side wall of each of the recesses; and
- an opening, formed on a peripheral edge of the central portion and cutting off the peripheral portion.
2. The stackable cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central portion is a concave plane structure having a bottom plane and an annular side wall, and the annular side wall is extended and formed on an edge of the bottom plane.
3. The stackable cover as claimed in claim 2, wherein the peripheral portion is extended and formed on a top end of the annular side wall of the concave plane structure.
4. The stackable cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protrusion is a rib.
5. The stackable cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protrusion is a bump.
6. The stackable cover as claimed in claim 3, wherein an included angle is formed between the side wall of the concave plane structure and the peripheral portion.
7. The stackable cover as claimed in claim 6, wherein the included angle is a right angle.
8. The stackable cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer edge of the peripheral portion folded downward.
9. The stackable cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stackable cover is formed monolithically.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 11, 2007
Publication Date: Apr 16, 2009
Applicant: THUNDER GROUP INC. (City of Industry, CA)
Inventor: Jin-Fung Ralph Liu (City of Industry, CA)
Application Number: 11/870,656
International Classification: B65D 43/03 (20060101);