Utensil attachment

Claim 1

A COVERED COOKING UTENSIL ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED ON A SUPPORT AT AN ATTITUDE SUCH THAT THE COVER MAY BE RETAINED ON THE UTENSIL WITHOUT THE NECESSITY FOR EXTRANEOUS ATTACHMENT MEANS, SUCH UTENSIL COMPRISING A CUPSHAPED CONTAINER HAVING AN OPEN TOP CIRCUMSCRIBED BY AN ANNULAR FLANGE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SIDES OF THE CONTAINER, A CUP-SHAPED COVER HAVING A FLANGE CIRCUMSCRIBED ABOUT THE OPEN END THEREOF, SAID COVER FLANGE ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED ON SAID CONTAINER FLANGE, SAID COVER HAVING AN INTERNAL CONFIGURATION COMPLEMENTARY TO THE EXTERNAL CONFIGURATION OF SAID CONTAINER ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, THE SIDES OF THE CONTAINER BEING TAPERED TOWARD THE OPEN TOP SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE SIDES OF THE COVER ARE TAPERED FROM THE OPEN END TOWARD THE BOTTOM THEREOF, AND A HANDLE FIXED TO THE SIDE OF THE CONTAINER, SAID HANDLE HAVING A HOOK-SHAPED PORTION DEFINED PARTIALLY SURROUNDING THE ADJACENT SECTION OF THE CONTAINER FLANGE, SAID HOOK-SHAPED PORTION BEING SPACED FROM SAID CONTAINER FLANGE ON THREE SIDES AND INCLUDING A HOOKED END, TERMINATING AT A POINT OUTWARD FROM SAID FLANGE, WHOSE LOWER EDGE IS ABOVE THE CONTAINER FLANGE, SAID END COOPERATING WITH THE CONTAINER FLANGE FOR SUPPORTING THE CONTAINER FLANGE AT AN ANGLE TO THE VERTICAL THAT IS GREATER THAN THE ANGLE OF TAPER OF THE SIDES OF THE CONTAINER, SUCH THAT WHEN THE CONTAINER IS HUNG ON A SUPPORT, THE HOOKED END OF THE HANDLE AND THE CONTAINER FLANGE COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THE SUPPORT TO THE HOLD THE CONTAINER AT AN ATTITUDE FOR SUPPORTING THE COVER ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER.