US 12,446,729 B2
Multi-layer cooking lid
Michael Reischmann, Eustis, FL (US); Phillip Williams, Clinton, CT (US); Jon Mosey, Westbrook, CT (US); Max Caro, East Haven, CT (US); and Scott Schneider, East Lyme, CT (US)
Assigned to Kenyon International, Inc., Clinton, CT (US)
Filed by Kenyon International, Inc., Clinton, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,710.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,306, filed on Aug. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031119 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 37/07 (2006.01); A47J 36/04 (2006.01); A47J 36/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0786 (2013.01) [A47J 36/04 (2013.01); A47J 36/06 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grill comprising:
a cooking surface;
a lid which is configured to cover the cooking surface, said lid including at least three layers spaced apart such that there are two air spaces, one air space on either side of a middle one of the at least three layers and at least one of the layers is an inner most layer of the lid and at least one of the layers is an outer most layer of the lid, the at least three layers spaced apart such that facing surfaces of two of the at least three layers are not in contact along majority of the facing surfaces to define one or more of the two air spaces, each layer including a bottom edge and each layer defining a hollow and concave shape on a side of each layer which is configured to face the cooking surface such that the two air spaces are also concave in shape on a side facing the cooking surface, wherein the three layers are secured relative each other at or adjacent the bottom edge to create a lid assembly;
the outer most layer of the lid includes a different material with a lower melting point or burning point than a material which makes up another one of the at least three layers such that the material with the lower melting point or burning point faces outwards.