Cooking device and components thereof

US11547243B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SharkNinja Operating LLC · US

Inventors

• Aaron Michael Gill · Boston, US
• Ross Richardson · Dover, US
• Naomi Kalia Williams Zabel · Oakland, US
• Da Deng · Newton, US
• Mete Gursel
• Andrew John Roy Tattersfield · London, GB
• Niall Christopher Denham · London, GB
• Roger Neil Jackson · Lostwithiel, GB
• Ronan Patrick Leahy · London, GB
• Evan James White · Brookline, US
• Thomas Guerin · Boston, US
• Chris Martin · Concord, US
• Nathaniel R. Lavins · Somerville, US
• Mackenzie Lee Swanhart · Boston, US
• Samuel Andrew Ferguson · Medford, US
• Scott James Stewart · Boston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05B1/0205
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the cooking system being functional in a plurality of cooking modes. The cooking system includes a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. The cooking system includes a first lid configuration for use in at least a first cooking mode, a second lid configuration for use in at least a second cooking mode. A first lid detection sensor is configured to detect a closed condition of said first lid configuration and a second lid detection sensor is configured to detect a closed condition of said second lid configuration.