WO2023202745A1

WO2023202745A1 - Lid retainer

Info

Publication number: WO2023202745A1
Application number: PCT/DE2023/100279
Authority: WO
Inventors: Tomasz Makowski; Annette MAKOWSKI
Original assignee: Tomasz Makowski
Priority date: 2022-04-20
Filing date: 2023-04-18
Publication date: 2023-10-26
Also published as: DE202022102113U1

Abstract

The invention relates to a lid retainer for arranging on the upper edge of a cooking vessel or on a carrier body. The object of the invention is to provide a lid retainer which comprises fastening elements both for releasably fastening the lid retainer to the cooking vessel or to the carrier body and for retaining a pot lid. This is achieved according to the invention by means of a fastening element which is characterized in that at least one outer supporting arm and at least one inner retaining arm running at a distance from said outer supporting arm are disposed on the bottom of the lid retainer and in that, as fastening elements for the pot lid, at least one inner bearing arm and at least one support surface and/or at least one support arm run above the supporting arms, retaining arms and bearing arms. Furthermore, there is at least one inner bearing arm running at an angle to the at least one support surface and/or to the at least one support arm, and the fastening elements are edge-bent about bending lines from a flat sheet metal blank and thus have no twists.

Description

Lid holder

The invention relates to a lid holder for arrangement on the upper edge of a cooking vessel or on a support body according to the preamble of claim 1.

In connection with pot-like cooking vessels, it is generally intended to cover them with a pot lid in order to, among other things, speed up the cooking process. When cooking, it is necessary to lift this pot lid again and again in order to check the cooking process or to remove the pot lid if, for example, the heat in the pot is too high.

It is fundamentally problematic that condensate forms on the inside of the pot lid during the cooking process or that the food in the pot, which usually contains liquid, can splash onto the pot lid and contaminate it. Therefore, the underside of the pot lid is usually not free of adhesions and it is therefore not easily possible to place the pot lid on a surface without also dirtying it or wetting it with condensation.

As a rule, pot lids are freely removable and are not connected to the pot by a joint. When the pot lid is lifted and put down, condensation water or any other liquids adhering to the pot are transferred to the storage surface of the pot lid. It is also important when cooking It is disadvantageous to have to hold the pot lid over the pot when, for example, the contents of the pot are being examined or stirred. Here it is generally an advantage if a pot lid does not have to be held in the hand, especially since the pot lid often heats up during the cooking process.

Therefore, the person using the pot lid is faced with the task of where to place the removed or lifted pot lid. There is therefore also a need to be able to put the pot lid down easily during the cooking process in such a way that, on the one hand, it does not dirty a surface or a special storage area is required, but on the other hand, the person using the pot lid does not have to hold it while cooking can therefore only act with one free hand.

Against this background, it is known in the prior art to create pot lid holders which are additionally arranged on the edge of the cooking pot and make it possible to hook a pot lid onto these holders, place them on them or support them in some other way. The aim here is usually that the pot lid is held securely, but also that the hands-free holder enables better work. In many cases, liquid flowing from the underside of the pot lid should flow back into the pot and not contaminate the stove or a work surface.

There are fundamentally different concepts in the construction of pot lid holders on cooking vessels known in the prior art. One group of solutions presents pot lid holders, which come with a special design of the pot itself or the side handles on the pot or the pot lid. Examples of such special combinations of pots, pot handles and pot lids are, for example, the publication DE 7 412 445 U, DE 100 06 007 A1, DE 202 05 952 A1 or also WO 2012/125 822 A1. With these solutions, special designs, receptacles or shapes are provided on the pot itself or on its handles, which in turn interact with the pot lid or a special holder for this pot lid. This means that the fundamental disadvantage here is that these are concepts that cannot be used on any pot with any lid.

Other solutions can be used universally and can therefore also be retrofitted to any pot. In certain designs, a holding section that extends over the edge of the pot is generally provided and a hook-shaped arm that supports the pot lid or engages in a handle of the pot lid is provided. Examples of this are the publications CH 176 888 A and DE 1 788 978 U.

The disadvantage here is that these holders can only be used for special pot lids, namely those that have a corresponding bow-like handle, since knob solutions cannot be used for this since the hook-shaped arm cannot attack them.

Further technical designs provide that only the pot lid is hooked with its lower edge on the pot lid holder, which in turn is clamped to the edge of the pot lid. In this way it is a pot lid that is held in place due to a jamming due to its inclination and is only held jammed at its lower edge. Examples of this are publications US 2 541 604 A, DE 9 109 055 Ul and DE 503 059 C.

The fundamental disadvantage here is that these are comparatively unstable holders, which depend on how the lower edge of the pot lid is designed. There are pot lids that end straight, have a raised edge or have a circumferential lip pointing into the pot lid. This leads to very different designs of the edge of the pot lid, which then again therefore cannot be recorded equally by all devices. In addition, these designs have the disadvantage that the pot lids can easily tip over from these simple, usually punctual holders.

Furthermore, the pot lid holders known in the prior art have in common that they are often complex shaped constructions that either have to be assembled from several elements or produced through complex deformation processes. Here, for example, reference is made to the solution DE 503 059 C, which represents a very complex body formed from a wire.

Basically, these are often complex constructions, which results in a complex manufacturing process that negatively affects the cost of the product, as well as a disadvantageous consumption of materials.

Against this background, the object of the present invention is to create a lid holder for arrangement on the upper edge of a cooking vessel or on a support body, which can be produced from a piece of material in a resource-saving manner with little material expenditure and little design effort. The aim here is to ensure that the least possible loss of material occurs during production. At the same time, it should be a stable construction both in terms of attachment to the pot or support body itself and in terms of holding the pot lid on the pot in the corresponding holder. Finally, it should also be ensured that the lid holder can be used universally for any configuration of pots and, in particular, for any configuration of pot lids.

The task is solved by the inventive lid holder according to claim 1.

Subclaims 2 to 11 relate to advantageous embodiments of the invention. A method for producing the inventive lid holder is disclosed in claim 12.

The inventive construction of the lid holder according to the invention consists, on the one hand, of inner and outer support arms with which the lid holder can be attached to the upper edge of a pot or to a support body. Here, the overall construction of the lid holder according to the invention is constructed in such a way that the lid holder finds a secure hold on the edge of the pot or on a support body due to a design that is inclined outwards relative to the edge of the pot lid and its own weight. The following description therefore basically refers to an arrangement on the edge of the pot as well as on a support body, which enables an alternative placement of the lid holder, for example on a work surface.

It is particularly relevant here that the lid holder according to the invention has a support surface or support arms provided for supporting the pot lid, which protrude beyond the edge of the pot and are arranged inclined outwards from the edge of the pot. This means that this support surface or these support arms cause the weight of both the lid holder itself and the supported pot lid to shift outwards beyond the edge of the pot and thus also cause the lid holder as a whole to become jammed at the upper edge of a pot wall, in particular when there is a weight load due to it supporting pot lid.

In the present description, the pot lid is viewed as an object consisting of 3 structural elements: the actual pot lid surface forming the pot lid, which usually rests horizontally on the pot as a flat surface and has a circumferential pot lid edge that is in contact with the upper circumferential edge of the pot wall this creates a tight seal for the pot. In addition, a pot lid handle as a holding knob or holding bracket is usually part of the pot lid. The central elements of the lid holder according to the invention therefore consist, on the one hand, of the support arms which point approximately vertically downwards and which serve to arrange the lid holder on the wall of a pot, and on the other hand the structural elements which carry out the actual function of the holder or the support and support of the pot lid. This is a combination, on the one hand, of the support arms already mentioned or the support surface, which is arranged inclined from the vertical and pointing outwards from the upper edge of the pot.

On the other hand, support arms run from this support surface or the support arms above the edge of the pot towards the interior of the pot and serve as a support for the lower edge of the held pot lid. This means that the support arms cause the lower edge of the pot lid to be supported above the receiving opening of a pot, whereas the support surface or the support arms angled by these support arms only cause the actual pot lid surface to rest against these support elements.

Overall, however, these elements holding the pot lid result in a very stable holder for the pot lid, since not only the pot lid is held, for example, at its lower edge, as is shown, for example, in the prior art. It is still the case that the pot lid is held exclusively on its knob or on a handle, as is also known in the prior art, but it is a combination of the support arms with the support arms or the support surface that ensures a secure hold enables.

In addition, according to the invention, it is solved in such a way that the support arms or the support surface allow the pot lid surface to rest, regardless of the question of whether a holding bracket for gripping the pot lid is arranged on its top side or whether it is a holding knob. Since the construction is designed in such a way that neither Neither the knob nor the bracket are relevant for holding the pot lid, but rather it is simply supported on the pot lid surface, this question is negligible.

The claim according to the invention, to produce a simple construction that is nevertheless resource-saving and can be produced in an uncomplicated manner, is achieved in that the entire lid holder is formed from a flat base plate. In this case, folding bending is carried out from a sheet metal blank, with waste only being created in the lateral edge area of the total area of a metal plate from which the lid holder blanks are cut, for example by laser cutting, which cannot be used for production. By arranging the cutting patterns of the lid holders one inside the other, according to the invention, no waste is generated in the entire surface of the metal plate apart from its lateral edges.

Under folding bending or For the purposes of the invention, fastening elements formed by folding a sheet metal blank around bending lines are understood to mean bending of the sheet metal, which is caused by folding over a surface part relative to the remaining surface part of the sheet metal blank around a bending line. Bending at precise angles therefore means forming the surface parts of the sheet metal under the influence of mechanical force on the entire bending line. It is therefore a form of shaping that is very easy to implement and can also be implemented without a specially produced tool. Since there is no torsion or Twisting occurs during this bending bending process, since the forming process for all bendings always only takes place around a bending line, it is an uncomplicated shape that can usually be achieved without any losses, i.e. without significant waste losses.

A method for producing the lid holder provides that the two-dimensional sheet metal blanks of the lid holder are made from a sheet of metal in a first step and the three-dimensional ones are made in a second step Body of the lid holder and its fastening elements are formed from this flat sheet metal blank by folding bending.

The invention is described in more detail below with reference to drawings. Show it

Fig. 1 a perspective view of the lid holder;

Fig. 2 a front view of the lid holder;

Fig. 3 a side view of the lid holder;

Fig. 4 a top view of the invention

Blanket Ihalter ;

Fig. 5 a front view of the lid holder cut from a plate before its bending;

Fig. 6 a material plate with cutting patterns for producing the lid holder according to the invention and

Fig. 7 a lid holder according to the invention arranged on a pot with an inserted pot lid,

Fig. 8th an alternative design of the lid holder according to the invention with a further holding area and

Fig. 9 an arrangement of the lid holder on a carrier body 23.

Figure 1 shows the front view of the lid holder, with the support arms 5 'shown here, on which the pot lid 12, not shown in this figure, is leaned. Furthermore, it can be seen that the fastening supply elements of the outer support arms and the inner holding arm 1 and 2 are arranged centrally on this design of the lid holder 9, whereas the support arms 3 according to the invention are arranged on the two side edges of the lid holder 9, which end in holding lugs 7. A bend 8 of the outer support arms can also be seen in their end region, with which these support arms are supported on a pot wall 13, not shown here.

In this way, it is inventively achieved, on the one hand, that through the interaction of the outer support arms 1 and the one wider holding arm 2, a secure clamping of the lid holder 9 on a pot wall 13, 14 is achieved by placing it on the upper edge 10 of a pot 11, for example . It is simply a matter of loosely attaching it to the edge of the pot 10, with neither any concrete clamping nor any other holding force being used. Also, no tension or spring force is applied.

However, the effect of the holder is improved in that the pot lid 12 inserted into the lid holder 9, which is not shown in FIG. 1, experiences an inclination, which also contributes to a stable clamping of the lid holder 9 on the pot 11. For this purpose, it can be seen in the figures as a whole, especially in the combination of Figure 1 with Figure 3, that the pot lid 12 is to be inserted into the lid holder 9 at an inclination. This inclination results from the length of the support arms 3, which lead into the interior of the pot 11 and end in the holding lugs 7, and the support arms 5 ', which are set back relative to these support arms 3. In this exemplary design, the internal support arms 3 are inclined downwards relative to the horizontal and have an angle greater than 90° relative to the course of the support arms 5' or a support surface. This also leads to the described advantageous inclination of the pot lid 12 used.

This inevitably results in an inclination of the pot lid 12 when it is rested, as can be clearly seen in Figure 3 the lid holder 9, which results in the entire lid holder 9 being fixed to the edge 10 of the pot 11 by this tilting force.

The design presented here has two parallel support arms 5 ', which enclose a free space, which ensures that pot lids 12, which here, for example, have a bow handle 16 or similar, can be held universally by this lid holder 9. It is irrelevant here whether a bracket 16 or knob is arranged on the pot lid 12 , since these elements are not important for attachment to the lid holder 9 .

3 also makes it clear, as does FIG . This also improves the inclination of the pot lid 12 when resting on the support arms 5 '. Basically, however, Figure 3 shows angular progressions with arrows, which do not define the subject matter of the invention in this regard, but are only intended to illustrate an advantageous design of the invention.

The claim according to the invention of producing a simple construction that is nevertheless resource-saving and can be produced in a straightforward manner is achieved in that the entire lid holder 9 is formed from a flat base plate of the sheet metal blank 18. This means that, starting from the base plane of the surface of the sheet metal blank 18, in an advantageous design only the inner holding arm 2 and the two support arms 3 are formed from this plane by bending from the metal plate of the sheet metal blank 18. All other elements, namely the outer support arms 1 for resting against the outer pot wall 13 as well as the support arms 5 'or the support surface, remain in the original plane of the base plate of the sheet metal blank 18 from which the lid holder 9 is made in this advantageous design. In a particularly advantageous design of the invention, the lid holders 9 according to the invention can be produced in large numbers from a larger base plate for the sheet metal blank 18, for example by cutting out the base plate of the sheet metal blank 18, which later forms the lid holder 9, from a stainless steel plate by making shape cuts, for example laser cuts becomes . This initial form of the lid holder 9, which now exists as a sheet metal blank 18, is a flat plate provided with cutting lines and can now be formed into the lid holder 9 by appropriate folding bending of the aforementioned structural elements. In this particularly advantageous design, the cuts in the metal plate are arranged in such a way that a large number of lid holders 9 can be cut out of the total area of the metal plate without any loss, which, when arranged one inside the other, form a flat cutting pattern of the total area of the metal plate, as shown in Figure 7 is clarified.

In this advantageous design, the basic cut of the lid holder 9 on the entire surface of the metal plate is chosen so that the lower half is used to form the support arms 1 as well as the holding arm 2 and the support arms 3 and the upper half of the cut surface is used to form the support arms 5 ' serves. The lower half is therefore only divided by parallel cuts, resulting in two outer support arms 3 and three inner support and holding arms 1 and 2.

In an advantageous design, the two support arms 3 are arranged on the outside of the lid holder 9, followed by the two external support arms 3 remaining in the base plane of the lid holder 9 and centrally in the middle there is an internal holding arm 2, which in this advantageous embodiment shape has approximately twice the width of an external support arm 1.

The upper half of the lid holder 9 consists of two external support arms 5 ', which have a recessed th middle area 19, which has twice the width of the two external support arms 5 '. This construction makes it possible to nest the cutting patterns when cutting the lid holders 9, so that they are each rotated 180 degrees with the support arms 5 'arranged in the central free area. For this purpose, reference is made to the corresponding FIG. 7 in the drawings. This ensures that a closed row of two rows of cuts is achieved, whereby the cuts in the upper row are rotated by 180 ° compared to those running below and the support arms 5 'closely interlock with each other, so that there is no loss of material whatsoever, with the ones being connected to one another adjacent support arms 5 'of two adjacent sheet metal blanks 18 of a row in the recessed central region 19 run without gaps between the support arms 5' of a sheet metal blank 18 of the following row rotated by 180 °.

This ensures that the sheet metal blanks 18 of the lid holders 9 are each arranged next to each other without gaps in rows of the same orientation, whereby these rows are alternately rotated by 180 ° and offset by half a sheet metal blank width and are arranged above and within one another without gaps and which lie against one another Support arms 5' of two adjacent sheet metal blanks 18 of a row run without gaps in a recessed central region 19 between the support arms 5' of a sheet metal blank 18 of the following row rotated by 180°.

In the exemplary design, the clamping on the vertical pot wall takes place via three support arms lying opposite one another and resting against the pot wall, in this design two outer support arms 1 and an internal support arm 2, the internal support arm 2 being wider and with the entire body of the lid holder 9 is connected via a support surface 6, which serves both to support the pot lid 12 and forms the support on the edge of the pot. All structural elements 1, 2 and 6 are formed from the flat base plate. There is also a bend 8 at the free ends of the two support arms 1 resting on the outside of the pot 11. These are angled inwards towards the edge of the pot approximately one centimeter before the point of contact with the edge of the pot, which ensures a defined alignment of the lid holder 9 on the pot. The course of the support arms 1, 2 as well as the terminal bends 8 also define the possibly. desired angle of inclination of the support surface or the support arms relative to the vertical, which in turn defines the inclination of the pot lid 12. This has an influence on the secure support on the lid holder 9 , whereby an inclination must be considered here which securely supports the pot lid 12 but at the same time does not tilt it so far over the edge of the pot that this leads to instability of the pot 11 . Since this depends on the design of the pot 11 and its degree of filling when cooking, an inclination should be achieved here that ensures a relatively steep pot lid arrangement while at the same time securely resting on the support surface or the support arms causes. The course of the support arms 5 'or the support surface can therefore also run approximately vertically in the axis of the pot wall 13, onto which the lid holder 9 is placed.

The pot lid 12 is arranged on the lid holder 9 in that the two support arms 3 on the outside of the lid holder run approximately horizontally or slightly inclined towards the inside of the pot and end in retaining lugs 7 for the pot lid edge 14. This means that the pot lid 14 is placed on these support arms 3 and is supported on the holding lugs 7. The surface of the pot lid 12 lies on the support surface or. the support arms 5 ', which in turn also have a slight bend 4 or Have an inclination relative to the vertical.

Figure 8 shows a further supplementary design to those explained so far, in which a supplementary design of the holder arm 2 is present. The difference here can be seen in the fact that on the holding arm 2 in the extension of the approximately vertical holding section 17, which runs at an angle from the support section 6, a further holding area 21 is formed by an approximately horizontal and a vertical section. This extension attached to the holding section 17 leads to a U-shaped support of the holding area 21, into which, for example, kitchen utensils such as pot spoons or the like can be inserted, which then also rest above the cooking vessel and in this respect, for example, when stirring the contents of a pot or pan can drain over this. For this purpose, the holding arm 2 is designed to be correspondingly extended in the sheet metal blank and is then formed into this additional holding area 21 by analogous bending deformations on corresponding bending lines.

At this point it should also be emphasized that the combination of different holders on this lid holder 9 makes perfect sense and the solution shown here in FIG. 8 is only to be understood as an example.

Finally, Figure 9 shows the combination of the lid holder 9 as already described with a carrier body 23. This support body 23 is formed in this exemplary design on the one hand from a base 22, which can be placed, for example, on a table top or a worktop on the stove, and a holding plate 24 extending from this base 22, which is suitable analogously to a pot or pan wall to support the lid holder 9.

In this way it is ensured that the lid holder 9 can be attached to this carrier body 23 and can thus accommodate additional functions in addition to the function of actually holding the lid. The lid holder 9 can therefore be used in a multi-functional manner, including for holding cookbooks or electronic devices, for example, which are also very often used in kitchens, be it for reading recipes or other texts. Therefore, this multi-functionality of the lid holder 9 makes sense and is appropriate and expands the possible uses. In addition, this carrier body 23 can also serve as a holding element in order to arrange the lid holder 9, for example, on a shelf and to accommodate it decoratively.

Overall, it should be emphasized once again that the basic function of the lid holder 9 is to be attached to cooking vessels, but the arrangement on the carrier body 23 is also quite effective and there is not only the possibility of taking on a lid, but also the lid holder 9 can be used flexibly in combination with the carrier body 23.

The background here is that an alternative to the holder on the cooking vessel 11 can be created, should this be preferred in the application. In this exemplary design, this support body 23 is formed from the base 22 as a support surface, which is dimensioned such that it ensures a stable holding of the pot lid 12 and prevents tipping.

At least one holding element is now arranged on this support surface, in FIG. The internal holding arm 2 is formed in an advantageous design from an approximately horizontally extending support section 6 and a vertical holding section 17 which is angled relative to this, which enables a stable holder but at the same time allows the lid holder 9 to be easily attached and removed.

The lid holder 9 is thus detachably plugged onto the carrier body 23 or alternatively plugged into it. The at least one support arm 3 running above and the at least one support surface 5 and/or the at least one support arm 5 'allow the pot lid 12 to be supported, as on the cooking vessel. In an advantageous design, this carrier body 23 can also have a collecting space for condensation flowing off the pot lid 12.

In this way, the pot lid 12 can also be placed next to the stove on a work surface, with the lid holder 9 on the one hand keeping the work surface clean and on the other hand also requiring a smaller area.

Another design provides that two or more lid holders 9 can be arranged on the carrier body 23, so that several pot lids 12 can be held at the same time. The carrier body 23 is correspondingly dimensioned larger and has several holding elements or receptacles arranged, for example, in parallel.

Claims

Claims Lid holder (9) for arrangement on the upper edge (10) of a cooking vessel (11) or on a carrier body (23) comprising fastening elements both for releasably attaching the lid holder (9) to the cooking vessel (11) or to the carrier body and for holding a pot lid ( 12), characterized in that

- as fastening elements for releasably fastening the lid holder (9) to the cooking vessel (11) or carrier body (23), at least one external support arm (1) and at least one internal holding arm (2), which runs at a distance from this, are arranged on the underside of the lid holder (9) and

- As fastening elements for the pot lid (12), at least one internal support arm (3) and at least one support surface (5) and/or at least one support arm (5') run above the support arms (1), holding arms (2) and support arms (3). and the at least one internal support arm (3) runs at an angle relative to the at least one support surface (5) and/or the at least one support arm (5'),

- The fastening elements are formed from a flat sheet metal blank (18) so that they are folded around bending lines and therefore have no twists. Lid holder (9) according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one external support arm (1) and the at least one internal holding arm (2) of the lid holder (9) for support on the outer wall or the inner wall (13) of the cooking vessel (11 ) or are suitably designed on holding elements of the carrier body (23). Lid holder (9) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least one internal support arm (3) points into the interior of the cooking vessel (11) or runs above the carrier body (23) in an angled holding lug (7) for support on the edge of a held Pot lid (12) runs out. Lid holder (9) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the external support arms (1) have a bend (8) at their free end, with which they are on the outer wall (13) of a cooking vessel (11) or on holding elements of the Support the carrier body (23). Lid holder (9) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fastening elements are arranged in such a way that an internal holding arm (2) is arranged in the middle, next to which an external support arm (1) runs on both sides, next to which an internal support arm (1) runs on both sides Support arm (3) runs. Lid holder (9) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the internal holding arm (2) is formed from an approximately horizontally extending support section (6) and a vertical holding section (17) which is angled relative to this. Lid holder (9) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that internal support arms (3) are inclined downwards relative to the horizontal and have an angle greater than 90° relative to the course of the support arms (5 ') or a support surface. Lid holder (9) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sheet metal blanks (18) of the lid holders (9) are formed from a metal sheet lying next to one another without gaps. Lid holder (9) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support section (6) of the internal holding arm (2) and the support arms (3) are formed by folding bending around a common bending axis (20) from the sheet metal blank (18) with the same bending angle and have the same orientation. Lid holder (9) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that

- The support section (6) of the internal holding arm

(2) and the support arms (3) are formed by folding bending by 110° around a common bending axis (20) from the plane of the sheet metal blank (18) with the same bending angle and the same orientation,

- the external support arms (1) have an end section (8) which is bent at 140° from the plane of the sheet metal blank (18), - the angled retaining lugs (7) of the support arms (3) are angled at 90° relative to the support arms (3) and

- The vertical holding section (17) runs through 110° to the support section (6) of the internal holding arm (2) by folding bending.

Lid holder (9) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one further holding area (21) is arranged on the lid holder (9), which is designed to serve as a support for further utensils.

Lid holder (9) according to claim 8, characterized in that

- the sheet metal blanks (18) of the lid holders (9) are arranged next to each other without gaps in rows of the same orientation,

- whereby these rows are alternately rotated by 180° and offset by half the sheet metal blank width and are arranged above and within each other without gaps,

- whereby the adjacent support arms (5') of two adjacent sheet metal blanks (18) of a row run without gaps in a recessed central region (19) between the support arms (5') of a sheet metal blank (18) of the following row rotated by 180°. Method for producing a lid holder (9) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the two-dimensional sheet metal blanks (18) of the lid holder (9) are made from a sheet in a first step and in a second step the three-dimensional body of the lid holder (9) and its fastening elements are formed from this flat sheet metal blank (18) by folding bending.