Receptacles – Closures – Vent in closure
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-14
2001-12-04
Pollard, Steven (Department: 3727)
Receptacles
Closures
Vent in closure
C220S369000, C220S573100, C220S574000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06325234
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a dish guard for a microwave and more particularly pertains to a new microwave dish cover for preventing splattering and wasting of food being cooked in a microwave oven.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of dish guard for a microwave is known in the prior art. More specifically, dish guard for a microwave heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,795,056; U.S. Pat. No. 3,448,888; U.S. Pat. No. 5,302,791; U.S. Pat. No. 5,012,061; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 297,298.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new microwave dish cover. The inventive device includes a cover member having a top wall which includes a centrally-disposed recessed portion and a plurality of holes extending therethrough, the cover member also having a side wall which is slanted outwardly from the top wall to an open bottom; and also includes a lift handle member which is integrally disposed in the recessed portion, and further includes a pair of side handle members which are integrally and oppositely attached to the exterior of the side wall. The dish cover is adapted to cover completely over any type of dish including a plate, a bowl, and a glass.
In these respects, the microwave dish cover according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of preventing splattering and wasting of food being cooked in a microwave oven.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of dish guard for a microwave now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new microwave dish cover construction wherein the same can be utilized for preventing splattering and wasting of food being cooked in a microwave oven.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new microwave dish cover which has many of the advantages of the dish guard for a microwave mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new microwave dish cover which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art dish guard for a microwave, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a cover member having a top wall which includes a centrally-disposed recessed portion and a plurality of holes extending therethrough, the cover member also having a side wall which is slanted outwardly from the top wall to an open bottom; and also includes a lift handle member which is integrally disposed in the recessed portion, and further includes a pair of side handle members which are integrally and oppositely attached to the exterior of the side wall. The dish cover is adapted to cover completely over any type of dish including a plate, a bowl, and a glass.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new microwave dish cover which has many of the advantages of the dish guard for a microwave mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new microwave dish cover which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art dish guard for a microwave, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new microwave dish cover which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new microwave dish cover which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new microwave dish cover which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such microwave dish cover economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new microwave dish cover which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new microwave dish cover for preventing splattering and wasting of food being cooked in a microwave oven.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new microwave dish cover which includes a cover member having a top wall which includes a centrally-disposed recessed portion and a plurality of holes extending therethrough, the cover member also having a side wall which is slanted outwardly from the top wall to an open bottom; and also includes a lift handle member which is integrally disposed in the recessed portion, and further includes a pair of side handle members which are integrally and oppositely attached to the exterior of the side wall. The dish cover is adapted to cover completely over any type of dish including a plate, a bowl, and a glass.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new microwave dish cover that eliminates the hassle of having to clean up the microwave oven.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new microwave dish cover that eliminates having to wrap the food with paper towels and plastic wraps which often stick to the food.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its o
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