Tiltable cooking appliance
AssigneeNational Presto Industries, Inc.
InventorJames Hedrington
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Abstract
The invention includes a cooking apparatus comprising a cooking plate and a handle assembly. The cooking plate has a cooking surface and an opposed lower surface. A handle assembly is operably coupled to the cooking plate and shiftable between a first handle position and a second handle position relative to the cooking plate, the handle assembly includes an interface structure having a first depth and a second depth. The first depth engages the lower surface when the handle assembly is in the first handle position and the second depth engages the lower surface when the handle assembly is in the second handle position.
Claims21
A cooking apparatus supportable on a generally horizontal support Surface, comprising:
- a cooking plate having a cooking surface and an opposed lower surface;
- a handle assembly operably coupled to said cooking plate and shiftable between a first handle position and a second handle position relative to said cooking plate, said handle assembly including a downwardly extending leg element adapted for orienting said cooking surface in spaced apart relationship with said generally horizontal support surface, and;
- interface structure oriented between said handle assembly and said cooking plate lower surface, said interface structure including a first portion having a first depth and a second portion having a second depth, said interface structure first portion operably engaging said cooking plate lower surface when said handle assembly is in said first position and said interface second portion operably engaging said cooking plate lower surface when said handle assembly is in said second position, such that said cooking plate is shiftable between a first position generally parallel to said support surface when said handle assembly is in said first position, and a second position generally transverse to said support surface when said handle assembly is in said second position.
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A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a cooking plate having a cooking surface and an opposed lower surface;
- a handle assembly operably coupled to said cooking plate and shiftable between a first handle position and a second handle position relative to said cooking plate, said handle assembly including an interface structure having a first depth and a second depth wherein the first depth engages the lower surface when the handle assembly is in the first handle position and the second depth engages the lower surface when the handle assembly is in the second handle position.
A cooking apparatus supportable on a generally horizontal support surface, comprising:
- a cooking plate having a cooking surface and an opposed lower surface;
- a plurality of handles rotatably coupled to said cooking plate and shiftable between a first handle position and a second handle position relative to the cooking plate, the plurality of handles including a leg element adapted to orient the cooking plate in spaced apart relationship with said generally horizontal support surface, and;
- interface structure integral with the plurality of handles and operably engaging the lower surface of the cooking plate, said interface structure including a first portion having a first depth and a second portion having a second depth distinct from the first depth, such that the cooking plate is shiftable between a first position generally parallel to the support surface when the handle assembly is in the first position, and a second position generally transverse to the support surface when the handle assembly is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.