IP Library Granted Patent US 7,086,552
Granted Patent B2
US 7,086,552 · App. 10/401,174 · Granted Aug 8, 2006

High-functionality bowl structure

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Patent No.
US 7,086,552
App. No.
10/401,174
Granted
Aug 8, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

High-functionality bowl structure comprising a hollow containment body capable of containing food to be cooked or warmed, the said hollow containment body having a base, the peculiarity of which is that it comprises a thermal base fixed to the said base and capable of transmitting heat from an external heat source into the said hollow containment body.

Claims (9)

1. A double boiler bowl structure comprising:

a hollow containment body capable of containing food to be cooked or warmed, which hollow containment body has a base; and

a thermal base fixed to the base of the hollow containment body, the thermal base capable of transmitting heat from an external heat source into the hollow containment body;

said hollow containment body further comprising a plurality of concentric, annular steps of upwardly increasing diameter formed in a portion of an outer region of the hollow containment body that is immediately adjacent to and above the thermal base, each annular step extending continuously around the entire circumference of the container body, each annular step having a substantially flat underside to enable the double boiler bowl structure to be stacked in corresponding saucepans of different diameter.

2. Bowl structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that it comprises three steps connected to each other by a curved line.

3. Bowl structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that it comprises three steps connected to each other at right angles.

4. Bowl structure according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal base is fixed to the outside of the base of the hollow containment body.

5. Bowl structure according to claim 2 , wherein the thermal base is fixed to the outside of the base of the hollow containment body.

6. Bowl structure according to claim 3 , wherein the thermal base is fixed to the outside of the base of the hollow containment body.

Priority Claims (1)
IT MI2002U0165 · Mar 27, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030230588A1 · Dec 18, 2003