Pancake cooking pan with flat cooking surface
AssigneeWorldwide Inventions, Inc.
InventorPhilip D. Bart
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Abstract
A pan for cooking pancakes or eggs that allows for cooking and removal of the finished, cooked food product without the need for a hand-held spatula. The cooking pan includes a first cooking container having three circular cooking wells for cooking three pancakes simultaneously that is joined by a hinge to a flat cooking body having parallel handles that allow the device to be rotated 180 degrees. during the cooking process. A movable spacer can hold the lid partially open to allow steam to escape during cooking.
Claims15
A cooking pan for cooking food such as pancakes and eggs that begin in liquid form and then are solidified during the cooking process, comprising;
- a concave cooking container made of a heat conductive material that includes a circular body having three concave cooking wells;
- a first thermally insulative handle connected to one edge of said concave cooking container;
- a flat disk-shaped cooking body;
- a second thermally insulative handle connected to one edge of said flat cooking body;
- a hinge connecting said concave cooking container to said flat disk-shaped cooking body along one edge;
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- a spacer connected to said second handle for engaging said first handle to hold said first handle above said second handle to allow steam to escape during cooking.
A cooking pan for cooking food such as pancakes and eggs that begin in liquid form and then are solidified during the cooking process, comprising;
- a concave cooking container made of a heat conductive material that includes a lower body that has at least three concave food contact portions;
- a first thermally insulative handle connected to one edge of said lower body;
- a flat cooking body;
- a second thermally insulative handle connected to one edge of said flat cooking body;
- a hinge connecting said lower body to said flat cooking body along one edge, said hinge providing generally flush orientation between said lower body and said flat cooking body in a closed position for cooking;
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- a means for spacing said second handle from said first handle connected to said second handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.