# US 11,026,430 B2 · Cooking utensil with channel grooves

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- Number: US 11,026,430 B2
- Document ID: US11026430B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/295,413
- Filed: 2019-03-07
- Published: 2019-07-04
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-06-24
- Assignees: Dimitrije Stojanovski
- Applicants: Dimitrije Stojanovski
- Inventors: Dimitrije Stojanovski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11026430B2

## CPC

- A21B 5/023: {Hinged moulds for baking waffles}
- A47J 36/38: for withdrawing or condensing cooking vapors from cooking utensils
- A47J 37/01: Vessels uniquely adapted for baking (for use in baker's ovens A21B)
- A47J 37/0611: {the food being cooked between two heating plates, e.g. waffle-irons}
- A47J 37/067: {Horizontally disposed broiling griddles}
- A47J 37/0694: {Broiling racks}
- A47J 43/20: Shapes for preparing foodstuffs, e.g. meat-patty moulding devices {, pudding moulds}
- A47J 9/007: {by molding}
- A21B: BAKERS' OVENS; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING (domestic baking equipment A47J37/00)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

## Abstract

A cooking utensil includes a sheet metal tray of a substantially uniform thickness. The sheet metal tray includes a repeating pattern of depressed groove channels, each groove channel including in section raised channel sides and a depressed channel center. The repeating pattern includes a raised channel side of each of the depressed groove channels connecting with at least one raised channel side of a neighboring one of the depressed groove channels. The depressed channel center is configured to hold a bread product to be baked, and the raised channel sides are configured to keep the bread product in each of the depressed groove channels from contacting the bread product in neighboring depressed groove channels.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device comprising a cooking utensil, the device comprising:
the cooking utensil comprising a sheet metal tray comprising:
a substantially uniform thickness;
a repeating pattern of depressed groove channels, each groove channel comprising in section raised channel sides and a depressed channel center, the repeating pattern comprising:
a raised channel side of each of the depressed groove channels connecting with at least one raised channel side of a neighboring one of the depressed groove channels; and
a plurality of parallel straight depressed groove channels; and
curved end channels connecting ends of the parallel straight depressed groove channels; and
wherein the depressed channel center is configured to hold a bread product to be baked; and
wherein the raised channel sides are configured to keep the bread product in each of the depressed groove channels from contacting the bread product in neighboring depressed groove channels.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein each of the depressed groove channels comprises a U-shaped cross section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein each of the depressed groove channels comprises a V-shaped cross section.