Extended lid member for cooking utensils

Abstract

The subject device is an energy savings lid for cooking utensils to be placed on a stove burner, with the subject device being essentially a covering lid for such a utensil having a surrounding downwardly turned flange extension all or part of the outer circumference of the lid such surrounding flange being structured to extend downwardly around the outer circumferential perimeter of the utensil beyond the outer surface of the utensil, ideally all the way to the stove surface, so that the inner semi-enclosed space under extended flange of the lid collects heat from the portion of the burner that is not covered by the bottom of the utensil and thence transfer such heat upwardly and inwardly into the inner circumferential surface of the utensil to be transferred in turn to the inner part of the utensil to help add heat in the cooking process.

1 : A cooking utensil with an upper rimmed opening lid member comprising of
 (a) A base lid member having an upper surface and a lower surface such lid member having an outer circumferential rim portion disposed between said upper surface and said lower surface, said outer rim portion of said base lid member being adapted to fit conformingly on said upper rimmed opening goof said cooking utensil;   (b) an external flange member affixed circumtentially to said outer rim portions of said base lid, said flange extending radially outwardly and downwardly from said lid member beyond the outer circumferential rim portion of said base member   
   
   
       2 : A supplemental heat absorbing apparatus in the form of a covering member for a cooking utensil with an open chamber for holding food to be heated on a stove burner comprising:
 (a) a cooking utensil having a bottom surface with an upwardly extending sidewall surrounding said open chamber in said cooking utensil, said sidewall extending from said bottom surface, and wherein the upper portion of said open chamber is formed by an upper perimeter edge on said cooking utensil;   (b) a circumferentially extending covering member for said cooking utensil, said covering member having an upper surface and a lower surface with said covering member having an outer perimeter rim, with said outer circumferential rim of said covering member being adapted to be placed upon said upper edge of said rim;   (c) a circumferentially radially extending flange extension affixed to and extending beyond said outer perimeter rim of said covering member;   (d) lower perimeter means on a part of the bottom portion of said flange extension, said means adapted to be placed adjacent to said stove burner to receive heat from said structural stove burner.   
   
   
       3 : A supplemental heat absorbing apparatus for a cooking utensil to be heated on a stove burner comprising:
 (a) a cooking member having a bottom surface with upwardly extending sidewall extending from said bottom surface;   (b) a circumferentially extending flange extension affixed around a portion of said sidewall of said utensil said extension flange having an inner chamber portion that is adjacent in part to a portion of the sidewall of such utensil, said flange extension having means to place liquids into said chamber, and wherein said flange extension has a bottom portion;   (c) lower surface mans on a part of said bottom portion of said flange extension to receive heat from said burner, said bottom portion being aligned with said bottom portion of said utensil.