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 Title: |
US5749286:
Fondue cooking apparatus
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Payette, Michel; Laval, Que. H7M571, Canada
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-05-12
/ 1995-05-30
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| Application Number: |
US1995000454577
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47J 37/10;
A47J 37/12;
A47J 43/28;
Core:
A47J 43/00;
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IPC-7:
A47J 37/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47J37/10A; A47J37/12M1; A47J43/28F;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
099/413;
030/323;
099/416;
099/419;
099/421.A;
099/421.V;
099/448;
Original:
099/413;
099/416;
099/419;
099/421.A;
099/421.V;
099/448;
030/323;
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| Field of Search: |
099/403,410,411,412,413,414,415,416,417,419,421 R,421 V,421 A,348,448
030/322,323
248/683
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| Abstract: |
The present invention relates to a cooking apparatus comprising a combination of a vessel having an upstanding wall defining an upper edge providing a supporting surface for a removable cover having a centrally located opening. The cover is adapted to fit over the upper edge of the vessel. The apparatus also has a number of holding elements located on the cover, each of the holding elements being adapted to hold at least one utensil for carrying food. The holding element supports the utensil in a substantially vertical position. Each of the holding elements further comprises a utensil receiving slot adapted to facilitate positioning of the utensil within the holding element. In one variant, the number of holding elements are permanently mounted on, and are an integral part of the cover. The holding element comprises a stabilizing structure, the stabilizing structure being adapted to cooperate with a corresponding stabilizing element of the utensil, and to keep the utensil in a substantially vertical position. In the other variant, the holding elements are removable, and may be attached to any fondue cover provided with a central opening.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Shvartsmad, Mila ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Scherbel, David; Hook, James F.
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A cooking apparatus comprising a combination of
- a vessel having an upstanding wall defining an upper edge providing a supporting surface for
- a removable cover having a centrally located opening therein, said cover is adapted to fit over the upper edge of said vessel;
- a number of holding elements located on said cover, each of said holding elements is adapted to hold a utensil for carrying food;
- wherein each of said holding elements comprises
- an insulation housing and
- suspension means adapted to immovably suspend said utensil for carrying food within said vessel in vertical position, thus preventing entanglement or cris-crossing of said utensil with other suspended utensils for carrying food when in use;
- wherein said suspension means comprises a combination of
- a magnetic element accommodated within said insulation housing and
- a utensil-receiving slot formed in said insulation housing, said utensil receiving slot is adjacent to said magnetic element and facilitates stable vertical positioning of said utensil for carrying food suspended by said magnetic element.
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