Food product containment assemblies for use with a toaster
US9706876B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 23, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J37/0885
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A containing assembly for a food product for use as a culinary tool to assist in preventing thermal injury to a user while inserting and retrieving the food product from a toaster slot, the assembly including a support assembly defining a basket for receiving and retaining the food product, and having a support frame with a u-shaped bar with two side bars and a base bar and two articulating side walls coupled to the bottom of the support frame, the rotatable side wall rotates about an axis proximate the bottom of the support frame. A stop restricts the outward rotation of the rotatable side wall at a predefined open position. A handle is fixedly coupled to one of the two side bars of the support frame and configured for inserting and retrieving the support assembly from the toaster slot with a single user hand.
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