Disposable microwave protector
OwnerGloria Newtoninventor
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Abstract
A disposable arcuate sheet of an air permeable, water absorbent and hypoallergenic garment interfacing fabric and method for using the sheet for protecting microwave ovens against food spills, splashes, spatters and spitting during rotation of a carousel. The disposable sheet being a single layer of conventional interfacing fabric provided in a unbroken and unfolded substantially round or circularly shaped flat pattern sized either to cover a rotating carousel of a square or rectangular microwave oven, or to cover a food container in the oven, without substantially interfering with the oven walls during rotation of the carousel.
Claims20
A disposable splatter protection device for a microwave oven, the disposable splatter protection device comprising an unbroken and unfolded arcuate sheet of interfacing fabric sized to substantially cover an upper surface of a rotatable carousel of a conventional microwave oven.
A splatter protection device for protecting a microwave oven against food spills, splashes, spatters and spitting during rotation of a rotatable carousel, the splatter protection device comprising a single flat unfolded and unbroken substantially circular sheet of fabric that is air permeable, water absorbent and hypoallergenic, the circular sheet of fabric being sized such that, when approximately centered relative to a rotatable carousel of a microwave oven, the circular sheet of fabric extends into close proximity with the oven walls and closed door without effectively interfering therewith during rotation of the carousel.
A disposable splatter protection device for protecting a microwave oven against food contamination, the disposable splatter protection device comprising an unbroken arcuate shape formed by a sheet of conventional interfacing fabric having an unbroken and unfolded substantially round flat pattern, the arcuate shape being sized to fit over and substantially completely cover an upper surface of a selected rotatable carousel situated within a selected microwave oven without contacting a surface of the microwave oven when positioned approximately coaxially with the carousel.
A method for protecting a microwave oven against food spills, splashes, spatters and spitting during rotation of a rotatable carousel, the method comprising, within a microwave oven, substantially completely covering one of a rotatable carousel and a food container positioned on the rotatable carousel with an unfolded and unbroken substantially circular sheet of fabric that is air permeable, water absorbent, hypoallergenic, and sized such that, when approximately centered relative to a rotatable carousel of a microwave oven, the circular sheet of fabric extends into close proximity with the oven walls and closed door without effectively interfering therewith during rotation of the carousel.
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