Microwaveable chip maker
AssigneeEnsar Corporation
InventorsNorton Sarnoff, Carl R. Fletcher, Laura A. Morris, John F. Chmela
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Abstract
A circular microwaveable chip maker integrally molded of a microwave oven resistant plastic material, having a row of spacers defining slots between each adjacent pair of spacers. Thin food items are held in the slots in a spaced array to facilitate their cooking in a microwave oven. The chip maker has a handle for transporting it into and out of a microwave oven.
Claims13
A microwave oven resistant microwaveable chip maker formed of a plastic material, said chip maker comprising
- a support rim for supporting said chip maker on a support surface,
- a row of spacers formed with said rim and extending upwardly above said rim, each adjacent pair of said spacers defining a slot between them for receiving and holding a thin food item in a spaced relationship to each next adjacent food item, said slot being open at the top and opening below said rim to permit air flow and circulation therebetween and above and below said spacers,
- said spacers merging with said rim so that said rim cooperates with said spacers to support and contain said food items, and
- a finger grippable handle for lifting and transporting said chip maker.
A microwave oven resistant microwaveable chip maker formed of a plastic material, said chip maker comprising
- a circular support rim for supporting said chip maker on a support surface,
- a row of spacers formed with said rim and extending upwardly above said rim, each adjacent pair of said spacers defining a slot between them for receiving and holding a thin food item in a spaced relationship to each next adjacent food item, and to permit air flow and circulation therebetween, said row of spacers being arranged along a circle generated about the center of said support rim,
- said spacers merging with said rim so that said rim cooperates with said spacers to support and contain said food items,
- a finger grippable handle for lifting and transporting said chip maker,
- and wherein each of said spacers terminates radially inwardly in a shelf and said shelf cooperates with said spacers and said rim to support and contain said food items.
A microwave oven resistant microwaveable chip maker formed of a plastic material, said chip maker comprising
- a support rim for supporting said chip maker on a support surface,
- a row of spacers formed with said rim and extending upwardly above said rim, each adjacent pair of said spacers defining a slot between them for receiving and holding a thin food item in a spaced relationship to each next adjacent food item, and to permit air flow and circulation therebetween,
- said spacers merging with said rim so that said rim cooperates with said spacers to support and contain said food items,
- a finger grippable handle for lifting and transporting said chip maker,
- and wherein said spacers are upstanding, inverted generally U-shaped elements merging with said rim on one side and in a shelf on the other side, and said spacers, rim and shelf cooperate to support and contain said food items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.