Food dehydrator and tray for a dehydrator
AssigneeAmerican Harvest, Inc.
InventorSteven Alseth
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Abstract
The present food dehydrator may be substantially cylindrical in shape including a base member, an air heating and circulation means, a plurality of stackable trays, and a top. Each tray includes an outer wall structure and a platform section which may be separated from each other. Removal of a platform section when the trays are stacked allows for dehydration of larger items, and otherwise allows for easier cleaning of the tray and for replacement of the platform section. Attachment and detachment is performed by rotation of the platform section with respect to the outer wall structure. A method of forming the two-piece tray for the dehydrator is also disclosed.
Claims20
A food dehydrator for dehydrating items of various sizes, comprising a base member, a top, means for heating and circulating air, and a plurality of two-piece trays adapted to stack upon other like trays, wherein each of said trays comprises a platform having an outer edge and a wall structure which circumscribes said platform, said wall structure being shaped to securely stack upon the wall structure of a like tray, said platform being removably supported by the wall structure along the outer edge of the platform such that the platform is removable from the wall structure for enlarging the volume available for dehydration above said like tray.
A two-piece stackable tray adapted to stack upon other like trays, comprising a platform having an outer edge and a wall structure which circumscribes said platform, said wall structure being shaped to securely stack upon the wall structure of a like tray, said platform being removably supported by the wall structure along the outer edge of the platform such that the platform is removable without tools from the wall structure for enlarging the vertical size of the space above the like platform, wherein the platform is circular, wherein the wall structure comprises means for supporting the platform, and wherein the platform is removably attached to the supporting means along the outer edge of the platform.
The two-piece stackable tray of claim 19, wherein the platform is rotatable between a locked position where the supporting means engages the platform and a release position where the supporting means does not engage the platform.
A food dehydrator for dehydrating items of various sizes, comprising a base member, a top, means for heating and circulating air, and a plurality of two-piece trays adapted to stack upon other like trays, wherein each of said trays comprises a wall structure and a platform having an outer edge, said wall structure being shaped to securely stack upon the wall structure of a like tray, said platform being removably supported by the wall structure along the outer edge of the platform such that the platform is removable from the wall structure for enlarging the volume available for dehydration above said like tray;
- wherein said platform is rotatable between a locked position where said wall structure engages said platform and a release position where said wall structure does not engage said platform, further comprising means for holding the platform in the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.