Cooktop with hinged grates

US11873996B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Alexandre Machado Bardal · Three Rivers, US
• Randall Vernen Crawford · Three Rivers, US
• Patrick J. Duffy · Blackrock, IE
• Ken E. Johnson · Owasso, US
• Michele Harpring Johnson · Three Rivers, US
• John Ryan McNally · Northbrook, US
• Paul J. Neuman · Three Rivers, US
• Gaston A. Leoni · Sodus, US
• Leonardo Portilho Soares · Wesley Chapel, US
• Sarah Katherine Small · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 16, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J37/067
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooking appliance includes a cooktop and a burner mounted on the cooktop. At least one coupling member is coupled to the cooktop. A grate, a griddle, or a reversible griddle is selectively coupled to the at least one coupling member and is operable between a raised position and a lowered position when the grate, the griddle, or the reversible griddle, is engaged with the coupling member.