Kitchen Appliance and Method of Using Same

摘要

A kitchen appliance includes a housing that defines a cavity. The housing has a housing rim defining an opening to the cavity. A heating or cooling element is disposed within the housing to heat or cool the cavity. A container has a generally hollow interior and a container rim. A lid is sized and shaped to at least partially cover the opening of the container when placed on the container. The lid has an exterior surface and an opposing interior surface. At least one handle is pivotally mounted to one of the exterior surface of the side wall of the housing and the exterior surface of the lid. The handle is pivotable between an engaged position to retain the lid in sealing engagement with the container rim and disengage position to permit the lid to be removed from the container rim.

主权项

1. A kitchen appliance comprising:
a housing having a base and a side wall extending therefrom, the side wall having an exterior surface and an opposing interior surface, at least portions of the interior surface of the side wall and base defining a cavity within the housing, the housing having a housing rim defining an opening to the cavity; a heating or cooling element disposed within the housing proximate the cavity to heat or cool the cavity; a container having a generally hollow interior and a container rim defining an opening for accessing the interior thereof, the interior being capable of retaining contents therein, the container being sized and shaped to fit within the cavity of the housing; a lid sized and shaped to at least partially cover the opening of the container when placed on the container, the lid having an exterior surface and an opposing interior surface facing the interior of the container when the lid is placed on the container; and at least one lid locking arrangement comprising a pair of spaced apart protrusions extending from one of the lid and sidewall of the housing and a member extending from the other of the lid and sidewall of the housing and being movably positionable between an engaged position in which at least a portion of the member engages with the protrusions to retain the lid in sealing engagement with the container rim for inhibiting leakage of the contents from the interior of the container and a disengaged position in which the member of the lid locking arrangement is disengaged from protrusions to permit the lid to be removed from the container rim.