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US 12,490,859 B2Granted
Stuffed waffle utensil
AssigneeNational Presto Industries, Inc.
InventorsRussell W Hall, Michael R Berge
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Abstract
A stuffed waffle utensil and related methods of use that facilitate cooking, removal and handling of a stuffed waffle. The stuffed waffle utensil can include a ring-style utensil having a handle portion and a perimeter ring portion. The perimeter ring portion can define a circular wall between an upper wall surface and a lower surface. The lower surface can define an interior flange and aperture or alternatively, the bottom surface can define a continuous surface defining a grid pattern. The handle portion can be attached to an exterior surface of the circular wall such that it projects outwardly away from the circular wall. The handle portion can define a grip portion intended to make handling easy for a user.
Claims19
A device for making stuffed waffles comprising:
- a perimeter ring portion comprising an unbroken circular wall, the circular wall defining an upper wall surface which transitions into an exterior flange, the circular wall surface defining an upper aperture, the circular wall surface further defining a bottom wall surface which transitions into an interior flange surface, the interior flange surface adapted to retain a stuffed waffle extending to a periphery of the circular wall during a cooking process;
- the perimeter ring portion further comprising an exterior flange surface opposing the interior flange surface, the exterior flange surface sized to reside in a channel formed in a heated surface upon which the perimeter ring portion rests during a process of making stuffed waffles, the channel located adjacent to a heating element portion of the heated surface, and
- a handle portion affixed to the perimeter ring portion.
A stuffed waffle maker comprising:
- an upper heated surface and a lower heated surface, the upper heated surface comprising a first heating element positioned adjacent to a perimeter channel formed in the upper heated surface and the lower heated surface comprising a second heating element positioned adjacent to a perimeter channel formed in the lower heated surface, the lower surface hingedly attached to the upper heated surface, wherein each of these surfaces comprises one or more waffle cavities;
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- one or more waffle utensils, the waffle utensils comprising:
- a perimeter ring portion that can be enclosed within corresponding waffle cavities on the upper heated surface and the lower heated surface, the perimeter ring portion comprising a continuous circular wall that defines an upper wall surface which transitions into an exterior flange, an upper aperture, the circular wall surface further defining a bottom wall surface which transitions into an interior flange surface, the interior flange surface adapted to retain a stuffed waffle extending to a periphery of the circular wall during a cooking process, the perimeter ring portion comprising an exterior flange surface opposing the interior flange surface, the exterior flange surface configured such that it is inserted into the perimeter channel formed in the lower heated surface;
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- a handle portion affixed to the perimeter ring portion.
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A method of making a stuffed waffle comprising:
- heating a first surface and a second surface hingedly attached to the first heated surface, wherein each of these surfaces comprises one or more waffle cavities;
- placing a waffle utensil into one of the waffle cavities of the second surface, the waffle utensil comprising:
- a perimeter ring portion, the perimeter ring portion comprising a continuous circular wall that defines an upper wall surface, the upper wall surface comprising an exterior flange, an upper aperture, the circular wall surface further defining a bottom wall surface which transitions into an interior flange surface, the interior flange surface adapted to retain a stuffed waffle extending to a periphery of the circular wall during a cooking process, the perimeter ring portion comprising an exterior flange surface opposing the interior flange surface where placing the waffle utensil into one of the waffle cavities of the second heated surface causes the exterior flange surface to be inserted into a perimeter channel formed in the second heated surface adjacent to a heating element located at the second heated surface such that the circular wall is heated by the heating element;
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- a single handle portion affixed to the perimeter ring portion;
- introducing a first amount of batter into the waffle utensil;
- positioning a filling material on the first amount of batter;
- introducing a second amount of batter into the waffle utensil such at the filling material is covered by the second amount of batter;
- positioning the first surface such that a waffle cavity of the first surface contacts the upper wall surface of the perimeter ring portion of the waffle utensil;
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- allowing the heated first surface, the circular wall, and the heated second surface to cook the first and second amounts of batter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.