Slow cooker and locking assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8985372
APP PUB NO 20130098921A1
SERIAL NO

13659033

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The present invention relates to cooking utensils. The present invention provides a slow cooker and a locking assembly that have simple and practical structure, easy to clean and can engage the lid with the liner container for preventing spillage of cooking content such as soup. The structure comprises a container, a lid and a locking assembly. The locking assembly retains the lid on the opening of the container. The container has a rim projecting outside at the opening. The locking assembly comprises a connector disposed on the lid for engaging the lid with the opening of the container, and locking end components provided at ends of the connector for engaging with the rim of the liner container. Using the locking assembly to retain the lid in sealing engagement with the opening of the container, the slow cooker can effectively engage the lid with the container.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Pingtao Foshan, CN 6 167
Li, Jianfeng Foshan, CN 67 371
Wu, Jinshui Foshan, CN 7 169
Yang, Guoqing Foshan, CN 16 162

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