CA1103946A - Nestable vegetable cooking pans and cover - Google Patents
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NESTABLE
VEGETABLE COOKING PANS AND COVERS
ABSTRACT
First, second and third pans of progressively decreasing outside diameters and depths are provided with first, second and third covers. The geometry of each pan and its associated cover is such that the cover can be inverted and nested in the open top of the pan, the three pans with their nested inverted covers then being stacked in a vertical array to provide for convenient storage. Handles on the pans are so positioned as to avoid any interference during storage. A fourth pan may be provided received on the bottom of the stack for storage of the complete set.
VEGETABLE COOKING PANS AND COVERS
ABSTRACT
First, second and third pans of progressively decreasing outside diameters and depths are provided with first, second and third covers. The geometry of each pan and its associated cover is such that the cover can be inverted and nested in the open top of the pan, the three pans with their nested inverted covers then being stacked in a vertical array to provide for convenient storage. Handles on the pans are so positioned as to avoid any interference during storage. A fourth pan may be provided received on the bottom of the stack for storage of the complete set.
Description
i~3946 This invention relates to cooking pans and more particularly to an improved combination of vegetable cooking pans and covers so designed as to enable convenient stacking and storage of the set when not in use.
I BACKGROUND OF THE I~VENTION
Sets of cooking pans of different diameters and depths are well known in the art. Generally, such cooking pans are provided with an equal number of covers properly dimensioned for each of ~he pans respectively. Both the pans and covers are normally provided with handles, generally of heat resistant hard plastic material. The pan handles may be one or two in number, generally extending laterally from the outside wall of the pan while the cover handle is normally positioned at the ~i centrs1 top so that it extends upwardly.
, With pan sets of the foregoing type as well as other conventional cooking pans, storage of the same has always . ~ been a problem. While it is possible, of course, to nest different diameter pans of different depths together to minimize storage space, such nesting is often not conve.nient as a consequence of radially extending handles on the pans which may cause tilting of one pan in the other. Also, the covers `:
the~selves are di~ficuLt to store primarily because of the centrally located top projecting handle.
t BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
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Bearin~ the fore~oin~ considerations in mind, the ~30 present invention contemplates ~he provision o an improved .
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~39~6 set of vegetable cooking pans and covers overcoming the foregoing problems of storage. More particularly, the cooking pans and covers of this invention are so constructed as to permit nesting of the pans with their associated covers by inverting each cover and nesting it in its corresponding pan and thence nesting the assemblies together without interference between the handle thereby providing an overall unitary assembly of the set for convenient storage.
In the preferred embodiment an additional pan is provided so dimensioned as to serve as a cover when inverted with one of the other pans to provide a maximu~ volume assembly useful in cooking certain vegetables.
Thus, in accordance with the present teachings, a set of vegetable cooking pans and covers is provided which includes in combination:
(a) first, second and third pans having radially outwardly and thence upwardly curved annular lips at the upper edges of their openings of given progressively decreasing first, second and third diameters as measured across the upwardly curved portions of the annular lips respeatively, the remaining portions of the pans having given fourth, fifth and sixth progressively decreasing outside diameters ` respectively and progressively decreasing first, second and third depth so that the remaining portions of the second pan ~ ~ can be received in the first pan and the remaining portion of :', the third pan can be receivedin the second pan to thereby nest the three pans for easy storage; and (b) first, second and third covers for said first, second and third pans respectively, the covers having radially outwardly extending lips terminating in bottom radiused edges, the diameters of the lips being less than their respective first, second and third diameters of the pans but greater than the respective fourth, fifth and sixth diameters so that the bottom radiused edges of the covers will seat in sealing relationship on the upwardly curved portions of the lips of the pans, the remaining portions of the covers having progressively decreasing seventh, eighth, and ninth outside diameters respectively, the seventh diameter being inter-mediate the fourth and fifth diameters of the remaining portions of the first and second pans, the eighth diameter being intermediate the fifth and six diameters of the remaining portions of the second and third pans, and the ninth diameter being less than the sixth diameter of the remaining portion of the third pan, the covers all having the same height, the height being less than the third depth of the third pan so that the covers can be inverted and the remaining portions received in the pans respectively with the cover lips seated on and supported by the upwardly curved :; portions of the pan lips whereby the covers are stored with the pans by inverting and nesting the covers respectively with the pans and thence stacking the pans, the remaining portion of the second pan being received in the remaining portion of the first inverted cover and the remaining portion of the third pan being received in the remaining portion of the second inverted cover further including a fourth pan having a radially outwardly extending lip terminating in a top radiused edge, the diameter of the lip corresponding to the first diameter so that the fourth pan can be inverted and its top raised edge ::: seated in sealing relationship on the upwardly curved portion of the lip on the first pan to cover the same and provide a maximum closed cooling volume for the set, the remaining portion of the fourth pan having a tenth outside diameter greater than the fourth outside dîameter and a depth less than the first depth so that the remaining portions of the first -3a-' ~' ~
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A better understanding of this invention will be had by now referring to a preferred embodiment thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the basic pans with their associated covers together with an additional pan making up the vegetable cooking set in accord with the invention;
FIGURE 2 is an exploded perspective view of the pans and covers of FIGURE 1 oriented in a vertical array preparatory to stacking to provide a unitary assembly for convenient storage;
FIGURE 3 is a cross section of the pans of FIGURE 2 in assembled stacked positions for storage; and FIGURE 4 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary cross section of a portion of the stacked array enclosed within the circular arrow 4 of FIGURE 3.
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Referring first to FI&URE 1, the set of vegetable cooking pans includes first, second and third pans indicated at 10, 11 and 12 having radially outwardly and thence upwardly curved annular lips 13, 14 and 15 respectively at the upper edges of their openings. The radially outwardly and thence upwardly curved portions of these lips are similar, the radially outwardly extending portion for the pan 1.0 being indicated at 16 and its upwardly curved portion being indicated at 17.
The diameters of the lips as measured across the upwardly curved portions constitute first, second and third ~progressively decreasing diameters indicated by the symbols Dl, D2 and D3 in FIGURE 1. Further, the remaining portions ~: of the pans 10, 11 and 12 have fourth, fifth and sixth progressively decreasing outside diameters designated by the symbols D4, D5 and D6 respectively, and progressively dcreasing first, second and third depths .indieated by the symbols Hl, H2 and H3. With this arrangement, the remaining portion of the second pan can be received in the first pan and the remaining portion of the third pan can be receîved in the second pan to thereby nest the three pans for easy : storage.
25 : Normally, however, the pans would not be nested directly together as described above since each pan has . .
associated with it a cover and it is more desirable to store the pans with their associated covers as a unitary overall assembly. Thus, still referring to FIGURE 1 the set includes ~lrst, second and third covers 18, 1~ and 20 respectively, .
the ~over 18 being sho~n exploded away from the first pan IO
while the covers 19 and 20 are sho~n positloned to cover the second and third pans.
These covers have radially outwardly extending lips each terminating in bottom radiused edges such as illustrated for the cover 18 at 21 and 22. The diameters of ~hese lips correspond respectively to the first, second and third diameters Dl, D2 and D3 of the pans so that the bottom radiused edges of the covers will seat in sealing relationship on the upwardly curved portions of the lips of the pans. The remaining portions of the covers have progressively decreasing seventh, eighth and ninth outside diameters indicated by the-symbols D7, D8 and D9 respectively, the seventh diameter being ; inter~ediate the fourth and fifth diameters of the remaining 15 portions of the irst and second pans D4 and D5, the eighth : ~ diameter D8 being intermediate the fifth and sixth diameters D5 and D6 of the second and third pans, and the ninth diameter D9 being less than the sixth diameter D6 of the third pan.
All of the covers have the same height designated H4 which ~:20 height i6 less than the third depth H3 of the third pan so : that:the covers can be inverted and their remaining port-Lons : received in the pans respectively with the cover lips seated :on and supported by the upwardly curved portions of the pan lips.
: 25~ Still referrin~ to FIGURE 1, the first, second ; and third pans, lQ, 11 and 12 are provided with diametrically ; opposite handles secured to exterior portions of their remaining portions as indicated at 23l 24 for the pan lO;
25,26 Eor ~he pan 11; and 27,28 for the pan 12~ The handles 25 and 26 on the second pan 11 and the handles 27 and 2~ on ~5-. ' : ' ' :
11~3~6 the third pan 12 are positioned closer to the tops of these pans than to the bottoms so that they will clear the annular l:ips of the inverted first and second covers when the pans and co~ers are respectively nested for storage.
The three covers themselves include first, second and third top central handles 29, 30 and 31 respectively extending upwardly as shown. The heretofore referred to first, second and third depths Hl, H2 and H3 of the pans are sufficient that the top central handles on the covers will not touch the bottoms of these pans when the covers are respectively inverted and nested therein.
The preferred embodiment of the set of vegetable cooking pans and covers shown in FIGURE 1 includes a fourth pan indicated at 32 in the lower left of FIGURE 1 having a radially outwardly extending lip 33 terminating in a top radiused edge 34. The diameter of this lip corresponds to the first diameter Dl so that this fourth pan can be :. :
inverted and its top radiused edge 34 seated in sealing relatioship on the upwardly curved portion 17 of the lip on the first pan 10 to cover the same and provide a maximum closed cooking volume for the set. The remaining portion o the fourth pan includes diametrically opposite handle~
35 and 36 and has a tenth outside diameter D10 greater than the fourth outside diameter D4 of the first pan 10 and a depth ~5 less than the first depth Hl of the first pan so that the remaining portion o the first pan can be nested in this fourth pan for convenient storage of the entire set of pans and covers.
Referring now to FIGURE 2, the various pans and covers ~ 30 described in FIGURF, 1 are sho~m in exploded ver~ical array .; .
properly oriented prepara~ory to stacking the same for convenient storage. Thus, the fourth pan 32 is shown at the bottom positioned to receive the first pan 10, the cover 18 for the first pan being inverted preparatory to being received in the open top of the first pan.
Similarly, as shown in FIGURE 2 the second and third pans and their associated covers in inverted relationship are illustrated.
FIGURE 3 illustrates the various pans and covers of FIGURE 2 in cross section and in their nested relationship to provide a unitary assembly for convenient storage. It will be evident from FIGURE 3 that the stacking for storage purposes can readily be effected without any interference between the handles of the pans and the handles for the covers, all as 1 15 a consequence of the specific dimensioning described.
t~ FIGURE 4 shows in greatly enlarged fragmentary view the manner in which the first cover 18 cooperates with the 1~ first pan 10 described in FIGURE 1 when the cover 18 is ¦~ inverted and nested therein. Thus, because the diameter of the lip 21 for the cover 18 indicated at Dl is the same as the diameter as measured across the upwardly curved portion ¦ I - 17 o~ the lip for the pan 10~ ~he cover lip 21 will neatly -l~ seat ~ithin the curved portion. In the enlarged view of 1~ ~
FIGURE 4, the bottom radiused edge of the lip 21 for the cover 18 is again designated 22, this radiused edge corresponding to the upwardly curved portion 17 when the cover is in its normal position to cover the pan 10. In other words, these respective curved surfaces mate to provide the heretofore referred to desirable sealing.
From all of the foregoing it will be understood that ~ ~\
39~6 the covers can be stored with the pans by simply inverting and nesting the covers respectively with the pans and thence stacking the pans, the remaining portion of the second pan being received in the remaining portion of the first inverted cover and the remaining portion of the third pan being received in the remaining portion of the second inverted cover.
The thirdinverted cover will simply nest within the third -pan as illustrated. Where the fourth pan 32 described in FIGURE 1 is included as part of the set, it will receive the re~aining portion of the first pan 10 as also shown and described.
The present invention has thus provided a set of vege~able cooking pans and covers which can be conveniently stored together in a minimum of space without interference between the handles and wherein the geometry is such that a stable stacked unitary assembly for convenient storage ¦~ results.
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I BACKGROUND OF THE I~VENTION
Sets of cooking pans of different diameters and depths are well known in the art. Generally, such cooking pans are provided with an equal number of covers properly dimensioned for each of ~he pans respectively. Both the pans and covers are normally provided with handles, generally of heat resistant hard plastic material. The pan handles may be one or two in number, generally extending laterally from the outside wall of the pan while the cover handle is normally positioned at the ~i centrs1 top so that it extends upwardly.
, With pan sets of the foregoing type as well as other conventional cooking pans, storage of the same has always . ~ been a problem. While it is possible, of course, to nest different diameter pans of different depths together to minimize storage space, such nesting is often not conve.nient as a consequence of radially extending handles on the pans which may cause tilting of one pan in the other. Also, the covers `:
the~selves are di~ficuLt to store primarily because of the centrally located top projecting handle.
t BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
1: :
Bearin~ the fore~oin~ considerations in mind, the ~30 present invention contemplates ~he provision o an improved .
.
~39~6 set of vegetable cooking pans and covers overcoming the foregoing problems of storage. More particularly, the cooking pans and covers of this invention are so constructed as to permit nesting of the pans with their associated covers by inverting each cover and nesting it in its corresponding pan and thence nesting the assemblies together without interference between the handle thereby providing an overall unitary assembly of the set for convenient storage.
In the preferred embodiment an additional pan is provided so dimensioned as to serve as a cover when inverted with one of the other pans to provide a maximu~ volume assembly useful in cooking certain vegetables.
Thus, in accordance with the present teachings, a set of vegetable cooking pans and covers is provided which includes in combination:
(a) first, second and third pans having radially outwardly and thence upwardly curved annular lips at the upper edges of their openings of given progressively decreasing first, second and third diameters as measured across the upwardly curved portions of the annular lips respeatively, the remaining portions of the pans having given fourth, fifth and sixth progressively decreasing outside diameters ` respectively and progressively decreasing first, second and third depth so that the remaining portions of the second pan ~ ~ can be received in the first pan and the remaining portion of :', the third pan can be receivedin the second pan to thereby nest the three pans for easy storage; and (b) first, second and third covers for said first, second and third pans respectively, the covers having radially outwardly extending lips terminating in bottom radiused edges, the diameters of the lips being less than their respective first, second and third diameters of the pans but greater than the respective fourth, fifth and sixth diameters so that the bottom radiused edges of the covers will seat in sealing relationship on the upwardly curved portions of the lips of the pans, the remaining portions of the covers having progressively decreasing seventh, eighth, and ninth outside diameters respectively, the seventh diameter being inter-mediate the fourth and fifth diameters of the remaining portions of the first and second pans, the eighth diameter being intermediate the fifth and six diameters of the remaining portions of the second and third pans, and the ninth diameter being less than the sixth diameter of the remaining portion of the third pan, the covers all having the same height, the height being less than the third depth of the third pan so that the covers can be inverted and the remaining portions received in the pans respectively with the cover lips seated on and supported by the upwardly curved :; portions of the pan lips whereby the covers are stored with the pans by inverting and nesting the covers respectively with the pans and thence stacking the pans, the remaining portion of the second pan being received in the remaining portion of the first inverted cover and the remaining portion of the third pan being received in the remaining portion of the second inverted cover further including a fourth pan having a radially outwardly extending lip terminating in a top radiused edge, the diameter of the lip corresponding to the first diameter so that the fourth pan can be inverted and its top raised edge ::: seated in sealing relationship on the upwardly curved portion of the lip on the first pan to cover the same and provide a maximum closed cooling volume for the set, the remaining portion of the fourth pan having a tenth outside diameter greater than the fourth outside dîameter and a depth less than the first depth so that the remaining portions of the first -3a-' ~' ~
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~1~3~6 pan is nested in the fourth pan for convenient storage of the entire set of pans and covers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A better understanding of this invention will be had by now referring to a preferred embodiment thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the basic pans with their associated covers together with an additional pan making up the vegetable cooking set in accord with the invention;
FIGURE 2 is an exploded perspective view of the pans and covers of FIGURE 1 oriented in a vertical array preparatory to stacking to provide a unitary assembly for convenient storage;
FIGURE 3 is a cross section of the pans of FIGURE 2 in assembled stacked positions for storage; and FIGURE 4 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary cross section of a portion of the stacked array enclosed within the circular arrow 4 of FIGURE 3.
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Referring first to FI&URE 1, the set of vegetable cooking pans includes first, second and third pans indicated at 10, 11 and 12 having radially outwardly and thence upwardly curved annular lips 13, 14 and 15 respectively at the upper edges of their openings. The radially outwardly and thence upwardly curved portions of these lips are similar, the radially outwardly extending portion for the pan 1.0 being indicated at 16 and its upwardly curved portion being indicated at 17.
The diameters of the lips as measured across the upwardly curved portions constitute first, second and third ~progressively decreasing diameters indicated by the symbols Dl, D2 and D3 in FIGURE 1. Further, the remaining portions ~: of the pans 10, 11 and 12 have fourth, fifth and sixth progressively decreasing outside diameters designated by the symbols D4, D5 and D6 respectively, and progressively dcreasing first, second and third depths .indieated by the symbols Hl, H2 and H3. With this arrangement, the remaining portion of the second pan can be received in the first pan and the remaining portion of the third pan can be receîved in the second pan to thereby nest the three pans for easy : storage.
25 : Normally, however, the pans would not be nested directly together as described above since each pan has . .
associated with it a cover and it is more desirable to store the pans with their associated covers as a unitary overall assembly. Thus, still referring to FIGURE 1 the set includes ~lrst, second and third covers 18, 1~ and 20 respectively, .
the ~over 18 being sho~n exploded away from the first pan IO
while the covers 19 and 20 are sho~n positloned to cover the second and third pans.
These covers have radially outwardly extending lips each terminating in bottom radiused edges such as illustrated for the cover 18 at 21 and 22. The diameters of ~hese lips correspond respectively to the first, second and third diameters Dl, D2 and D3 of the pans so that the bottom radiused edges of the covers will seat in sealing relationship on the upwardly curved portions of the lips of the pans. The remaining portions of the covers have progressively decreasing seventh, eighth and ninth outside diameters indicated by the-symbols D7, D8 and D9 respectively, the seventh diameter being ; inter~ediate the fourth and fifth diameters of the remaining 15 portions of the irst and second pans D4 and D5, the eighth : ~ diameter D8 being intermediate the fifth and sixth diameters D5 and D6 of the second and third pans, and the ninth diameter D9 being less than the sixth diameter D6 of the third pan.
All of the covers have the same height designated H4 which ~:20 height i6 less than the third depth H3 of the third pan so : that:the covers can be inverted and their remaining port-Lons : received in the pans respectively with the cover lips seated :on and supported by the upwardly curved portions of the pan lips.
: 25~ Still referrin~ to FIGURE 1, the first, second ; and third pans, lQ, 11 and 12 are provided with diametrically ; opposite handles secured to exterior portions of their remaining portions as indicated at 23l 24 for the pan lO;
25,26 Eor ~he pan 11; and 27,28 for the pan 12~ The handles 25 and 26 on the second pan 11 and the handles 27 and 2~ on ~5-. ' : ' ' :
11~3~6 the third pan 12 are positioned closer to the tops of these pans than to the bottoms so that they will clear the annular l:ips of the inverted first and second covers when the pans and co~ers are respectively nested for storage.
The three covers themselves include first, second and third top central handles 29, 30 and 31 respectively extending upwardly as shown. The heretofore referred to first, second and third depths Hl, H2 and H3 of the pans are sufficient that the top central handles on the covers will not touch the bottoms of these pans when the covers are respectively inverted and nested therein.
The preferred embodiment of the set of vegetable cooking pans and covers shown in FIGURE 1 includes a fourth pan indicated at 32 in the lower left of FIGURE 1 having a radially outwardly extending lip 33 terminating in a top radiused edge 34. The diameter of this lip corresponds to the first diameter Dl so that this fourth pan can be :. :
inverted and its top radiused edge 34 seated in sealing relatioship on the upwardly curved portion 17 of the lip on the first pan 10 to cover the same and provide a maximum closed cooking volume for the set. The remaining portion o the fourth pan includes diametrically opposite handle~
35 and 36 and has a tenth outside diameter D10 greater than the fourth outside diameter D4 of the first pan 10 and a depth ~5 less than the first depth Hl of the first pan so that the remaining portion o the first pan can be nested in this fourth pan for convenient storage of the entire set of pans and covers.
Referring now to FIGURE 2, the various pans and covers ~ 30 described in FIGURF, 1 are sho~m in exploded ver~ical array .; .
properly oriented prepara~ory to stacking the same for convenient storage. Thus, the fourth pan 32 is shown at the bottom positioned to receive the first pan 10, the cover 18 for the first pan being inverted preparatory to being received in the open top of the first pan.
Similarly, as shown in FIGURE 2 the second and third pans and their associated covers in inverted relationship are illustrated.
FIGURE 3 illustrates the various pans and covers of FIGURE 2 in cross section and in their nested relationship to provide a unitary assembly for convenient storage. It will be evident from FIGURE 3 that the stacking for storage purposes can readily be effected without any interference between the handles of the pans and the handles for the covers, all as 1 15 a consequence of the specific dimensioning described.
t~ FIGURE 4 shows in greatly enlarged fragmentary view the manner in which the first cover 18 cooperates with the 1~ first pan 10 described in FIGURE 1 when the cover 18 is ¦~ inverted and nested therein. Thus, because the diameter of the lip 21 for the cover 18 indicated at Dl is the same as the diameter as measured across the upwardly curved portion ¦ I - 17 o~ the lip for the pan 10~ ~he cover lip 21 will neatly -l~ seat ~ithin the curved portion. In the enlarged view of 1~ ~
FIGURE 4, the bottom radiused edge of the lip 21 for the cover 18 is again designated 22, this radiused edge corresponding to the upwardly curved portion 17 when the cover is in its normal position to cover the pan 10. In other words, these respective curved surfaces mate to provide the heretofore referred to desirable sealing.
From all of the foregoing it will be understood that ~ ~\
39~6 the covers can be stored with the pans by simply inverting and nesting the covers respectively with the pans and thence stacking the pans, the remaining portion of the second pan being received in the remaining portion of the first inverted cover and the remaining portion of the third pan being received in the remaining portion of the second inverted cover.
The thirdinverted cover will simply nest within the third -pan as illustrated. Where the fourth pan 32 described in FIGURE 1 is included as part of the set, it will receive the re~aining portion of the first pan 10 as also shown and described.
The present invention has thus provided a set of vege~able cooking pans and covers which can be conveniently stored together in a minimum of space without interference between the handles and wherein the geometry is such that a stable stacked unitary assembly for convenient storage ¦~ results.
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Claims (2)
1. A set of vegetable cooking pans and covers includ-ing in combination:
(a) first, second and third pans having radially out-wardly and thence upwardly curved annular lips at the upper edges of their opening of given progressively decreasing first, second and third diameters as measured across the upwardly curved portions of said annular lips respectively, the remaining portions of said pans having given fourth, fifth and sixth progressively decreasing outside diameters respectively, and progressively decreasing first, second and third depths so that the remaining portion of the second pan can be received in the first pan and the remaining portion of the third pan can be received in the second pan to thereby nest the three pans for easy storage; and (b) first, second and third covers for said first, second, and third pans respectively, said covers having radially outwardly extending lips terminating in bottom radiused edges the diameters of said lips being less than respective first, second and third diameters of said pans but greater than said respective fourth, fifth and sixth diameters so that the bottom radiused edges of the covers will seat in sealing relationship on the upwardly curved portions of the lips of the pans, the remaining portions of the covers having progressively decreasing seventh, eighth and ninth outside diameters respectively, the seventh diameter being intermediate the fourth and fifth diameters of said remaining portions of said first and second pans, the eighth diameter being intermediate the fifth and sixth diameters of said remaining portions of said second and third pans, and the ninth diameter being less than the sixth diameter of the remaining portion of said third pan, said covers all having the same height, said height being less than said third depth of said third pan so that said covers can be inverted and their remaining portions received in said pans respectively with the cover lips seated on and supported by the upwardly curved portions of the pan lips whereby said covers are stored with said pans by invert-ing and nesting the covers respectively with the pans and thence stacking the pans, the remaining portion of said second pan being received in the remaining portion of said first inverted cover and the remaining portion of said third pan being received in the remaining portion of said second inverted cover further in-cluding a fourth pan having a radially outwardly extending lip terminating in a top radiused edge, the diameter of said lip corresponding to said first diameter so that said fourth pan can be inverted and its top radiused edge seated in sealing relation-ship on the upwardly curved portion of the lip on said first pan to cover the same and provide a maximum closed cooling volume for said set, the remaining portion of said fourth pan having a tenth outside diameter greater than said fourth outside diameter and a depth less than said first depth so that the remaining portion of said first pan is nested in said fourth pan for con-venient storage of the entire set of pans and covers.
(a) first, second and third pans having radially out-wardly and thence upwardly curved annular lips at the upper edges of their opening of given progressively decreasing first, second and third diameters as measured across the upwardly curved portions of said annular lips respectively, the remaining portions of said pans having given fourth, fifth and sixth progressively decreasing outside diameters respectively, and progressively decreasing first, second and third depths so that the remaining portion of the second pan can be received in the first pan and the remaining portion of the third pan can be received in the second pan to thereby nest the three pans for easy storage; and (b) first, second and third covers for said first, second, and third pans respectively, said covers having radially outwardly extending lips terminating in bottom radiused edges the diameters of said lips being less than respective first, second and third diameters of said pans but greater than said respective fourth, fifth and sixth diameters so that the bottom radiused edges of the covers will seat in sealing relationship on the upwardly curved portions of the lips of the pans, the remaining portions of the covers having progressively decreasing seventh, eighth and ninth outside diameters respectively, the seventh diameter being intermediate the fourth and fifth diameters of said remaining portions of said first and second pans, the eighth diameter being intermediate the fifth and sixth diameters of said remaining portions of said second and third pans, and the ninth diameter being less than the sixth diameter of the remaining portion of said third pan, said covers all having the same height, said height being less than said third depth of said third pan so that said covers can be inverted and their remaining portions received in said pans respectively with the cover lips seated on and supported by the upwardly curved portions of the pan lips whereby said covers are stored with said pans by invert-ing and nesting the covers respectively with the pans and thence stacking the pans, the remaining portion of said second pan being received in the remaining portion of said first inverted cover and the remaining portion of said third pan being received in the remaining portion of said second inverted cover further in-cluding a fourth pan having a radially outwardly extending lip terminating in a top radiused edge, the diameter of said lip corresponding to said first diameter so that said fourth pan can be inverted and its top radiused edge seated in sealing relation-ship on the upwardly curved portion of the lip on said first pan to cover the same and provide a maximum closed cooling volume for said set, the remaining portion of said fourth pan having a tenth outside diameter greater than said fourth outside diameter and a depth less than said first depth so that the remaining portion of said first pan is nested in said fourth pan for con-venient storage of the entire set of pans and covers.
2. A set of vegetable cooking pans and covers accord-ing to claim 1, in which said first, second, third and fourth pans have diametrically opposite handles secured to exterior portions of said remaining portions thereof, the handles on the second and third pans being closer to the tops of these pans than to the bottom, so that they will clear the annular lips of the inverted first and second covers when the pans and covers are respectively nested for storage, said first, second and third covers having top central handles respectively, said first, second and third depths of the first, second and third pans respectively being sufficient that the top central handles of the first, second and third covers will not touch the bottoms of the first, second and third pans when the covers are respectively inverted and nested therein whereby said set of pans and covers are stacked and stored together without interference between any of the handles.
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