Kitchen island vent hood
AssigneeMaytag Corporation
InventorsMostafa Michael Khosropour, Roxanne Abul-Haj
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Abstract
A kitchen island vent hood is provided which telescopes upwardly and downwardly and extends forwardly and rearwardly for use between operative and non-operative positions. In the non-operative position, the vent hood resides within a recessed area of the island, at a level slightly above the countertop of the island. The lift column of the vent hood assembly extends at approximately a 15° from vertical so as to position the vent hood over the cooking surface. The vent hood moves forwardly so as to cover the cooking surface and moves rearwardly for storage in the island recess.
Claims23
A vent hood assembly for a kitchen cooking surface, comprising:
- a column extending upwardly adjacent one side of the cooking surface at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the cooking surface and being adjustable between raised and lowered positions relative to the surface;
- a vent hood mounted on the column and being horizontally movable between a retracted position behind the cooking surface and an extended position over the cooking surface.
An island cooking station, comprising:
- a stove top with a plurality burners;
- a column extending upwardly and forwardly from the station and having vertical adjustability;
- a vent hood mounted on the column and having horizontal adjustability;
- the vent hood being movable between a plurality of operative positions over the burners and a position behind the stove top.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.