Splash guard for a cooking appliance
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorsKam Fai Fung, Kin Man Lai
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes an upper housing having a first heating surface, a lower housing operatively connected to the upper housing, the lower housing having a second heating surface, and a splash guard having a plurality of peripheral sidewalls. The splash guard is nestable within the lower housing and extendable therefrom to a position wherein the splash guard substantially surrounds the second heating surface.
Claims18
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- an upper housing having a first heating surface;
- a lower housing operatively connected to said upper housing, said lower housing having a second heating surface;
- and
- a splash guard having a plurality of peripheral sidewalls, said splash guard being selectively retractable into said lower housing and extendable therefrom to a position wherein said splash guard substantially surrounds said second heating surface.
The cooking appliance of clam 9, wherein:
- said handle includes a button and an extendable pin;
- wherein depression of said button causes said pin to extend toward said splash guard and engage a tab of said splash guard such that upwards movement of said handle causes said pin to exert an upwards force on said splash guard.
A splash guard for a cooking appliance having an upper housing having an upper heating surface operatively connected to a lower housing having a lower heating surface, said splash guard comprising:
- a plurality of peripheral sidewalls forming a cavity therebetween;
- wherein said splash guard is retractably received in slots formed in said lower housing and substantially surrounds said lower heating surface;
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- wherein said splash guard is configured to be received adjacent said lower heating surface, such that said splash guard is selectively captured between said upper heating surface and said lower heating surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.