# US 11,432,680 B2 · Egg cooker > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,432,680 B2 - Document ID: US11432680B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/672,437 - Filed: 2019-11-02 - Published: 2021-05-06 - Granted: 2022-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-02 - Applicants: Michael Joseph Maguire - Inventors: Michael Joseph Maguire - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11432680B2 ## CPC - A47J 36/064: {non-integrated lids or covers specially adapted for frying-pans} - A47J 29/02: for eggs or poached eggs; Time-controlled cookers - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES ## Abstract An egg cooker includes a base band shaped to be placed on a cooking surface. A cover is connected to the base band. A tunnel within the cover is sized to allow contents of an opened egg to be poured through the tunnel and onto the cooking surface. A length of the tunnel is selected so that when the cover is mounted on the cooking surface, a base at a bottom of the tunnel is elevated over the cooking surface to a height that allows a white of the opened egg to pass under the base of the tunnel to the cooking surface under the cover, while retaining a top of a yolk of the opened egg within an inside circumference of the tunnel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An egg cooker, comprising: a base band shaped to be placed on a cooking surface; a cover connected to the base band; a tunnel within the cover, the tunnel sized large enough to allow both a white of an opened egg and a yolk of the opened egg to be poured through the tunnel so that the white of the opened egg can come into contact with the cooking surface and both the white of the opened egg and the yolk of the opened egg can be cooked by the cooking surface without being separated; and a handle connected to the cover; wherein a length of the tunnel is selected so that when the cover is mounted on the cooking surface, a base at a bottom of the tunnel is elevated over the cooking surface to a height that allows the white of the opened egg to pass under the base of the tunnel to the cooking surface under the cover, while retaining a top of the yolk of the opened egg within an inside circumference of the tunnel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An egg cooker as in claim 1, wherein the handle is integrated into walls of the tunnel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An egg cooker as in claim 1, additionally comprising feet connected to the base band, the feet being placed so that the egg cooker rests on the feet when the egg cooker is placed on the cooking surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) An egg cooker as in claim 1, wherein the tunnel is one of a plurality of tunnels within the cover, each tunnel within the plurality of tunnels being sized to allow contents of opened eggs to be poured through onto the cooking surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) An egg cooker as in claim 4, wherein the plurality of tunnels is four tunnels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) An egg cooker as in claim 4, wherein the cover is made of transparent material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) An egg cooker as in claim 4, wherein the handle is located in a center of the cover. ### Claim 8 An egg cooker, comprising: a base band shaped to be placed on a cooking surface; a cover connected to the base band; and a plurality of tunnels within the cover, each tunnel within the plurality of tunnels being sized large enough to allow both a white of an opened egg and a yolk of the opened egg to be poured through the tunnel so that the white of the opened egg can come into contact with the cooking surface and both the white of the opened egg and the yolk of the opened egg can be cooked by the cooking surface without being separated; wherein a length of each tunnel is selected so that when the cover is mounted on the cooking surface, a base at a bottom of each tunnel is elevated over the cooking surface to a height that allows the white of the opened egg to pass under the base of each tunnel to the cooking surface under the cover, while retaining a top of the yolk of the opened egg within an inside circumference of each tunnel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) An egg cooker as in claim 8, additionally comprising: a handle attached to a center of the cover. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) An egg cooker as in claim 8, additionally comprising feet connected to the base band, the feet being placed so that the egg cooker rests on the feet when the egg cooker is placed on the cooking surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) An egg cooker as in claim 10, wherein the plurality of tunnels is four tunnels. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) An egg cooker as in claim 8, wherein the plurality of tunnels are organized in a straight line. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) An egg cooker as in claim 8, wherein the base band has a circular shape. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) An egg cooker as in claim 8 wherein the cover is transparent. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) An egg cooker as in claim 8 wherein the cooking surface is a skillet or a griddle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) An egg cooker as in claim 8 wherein; a top of each tunnel in the plurality of tunnels has a funnel shape. ### Claim 17 An egg cooker, comprising: a base band shaped to be placed on a cooking surface; a cover connected to the base band; and a tunnel within the cover, the tunnel sized large enough to allow both a white of an opened egg and a yolk of the opened egg to be poured through the tunnel so that the white of the opened egg can come into contact with the cooking surface and both the white of the opened egg and the yolk of the opened egg can be cooked by the cooking surface without being separated; wherein a length of the tunnel is selected so that when the cover is mounted on the cooking surface, a base at a bottom of the tunnel is elevated over the cooking surface to a height that allows the white of the opened egg to pass under the base of the tunnel to the cooking surface under the cover, while retaining a top of the yolk of the opened egg within an inside circumference of the tunnel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) An egg cooker as in claim 17, wherein a top of the tunnel has a funnel shape. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) An egg cooker as in claim 17, additionally comprising feet connected to the base band, the feet being placed so that the egg cooker rests on the feet when the egg cooker is placed on the cooking surface. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) An egg cooker as in claim 17, wherein the tunnel is one of a plurality of tunnels within the cover, each tunnel within the plurality of tunnels being sized to allow contents of opened eggs to be poured through onto the cooking surface.