US 11,839,327 B2
Lid for cooking appliance
Mark Skinner, Manchester (GB); and Stewart Gordon, Cheadle (GB)
Assigned to Sunbeam Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/936,734.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/878,822, filed on Jul. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0022548 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 27/09 (2006.01); A47J 36/06 (2006.01); A47J 45/06 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 36/06 (2013.01) [A47J 45/06 (2013.01); A47J 27/002 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An appliance comprising:
a vessel including at least one vessel handle, the at least one vessel handle including a socket;
a lid including at least one lid handle, the lid handle including at least one plug;
wherein when the at least one vessel handle and the at least one lid handle are aligned with one another, the at least one plug is receivable in the socket such that when the at least one plug is engaged in the socket, the vessel and the lid are in electronic communication with one another; and
wherein the at least one vessel handle includes a handle flap that is hingedly attached to the at least one vessel handle.