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US 10,743,715 B2Granted
Food serving station and associated appliances and methods
AssigneeDuke Manufacturing Co.
InventorsBrent Jennings, James W. Bigott, Randy Lines, David Martin
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Abstract
Food preparation apparatus and associated appliance modules and methods. Appliances modules can be selectively docked at docks of an appliance interface of a base. An appliance module includes a food container support surface movable between cooking and holding positions. An appliance module includes a receptacle having a holding well that can be selectively configured in a generally horizontal position or an inclined position.
Claims19
An appliance for holding food in a food container at a desired holding temperature, the appliance comprising:
- a housing, a receptacle operatively supported by the housing, the receptacle having a food container receiving space sized for receiving the food container, a lower portion of the food container receiving space and at least one side portion of the food container receiving space being bounded by the receptacle, the receptacle including at least one food conditioning element for holding food in the food container at a desired holding temperature when the food container is received in the food container receiving space,
- wherein the receptacle is movable with respect to the housing between a generally horizontal position and an inclined position for selectively holding the food container in the generally horizontal position and the inclined position, the receptacle in the inclined position having a first end positioned higher than an opposite second end, the at least one food conditioning element being movable with the receptacle between the generally horizontal position and the inclined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.