Cooking device with cooking insert
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorsGerald J. McNerney, Casey A. Klock, Jake Levin
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Abstract
A cooking insert for use with a cooking device may include a lower cooking plate and an upper cooking plate connected to the lower plate with a floating hinge, with the lower plate having a plurality of ribs formed on an upper surface thereof. The insert may include a base member having a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion defining a cooking surface. A cavity formed in an upper surface of the second portion is suitable for cooking a liquid egg therein.
Claims46
A cooking insert for use with a cooking device having a base unit including a lower cooking plate disposed at an angle with respect to a horizontal plane and having a plurality of ribs formed on an upper surface thereof, and an upper unit including an upper cooking plate and pivotally connected to the base unit with a floating hinge, the insert comprising:
- a base member having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion defining a cooking surface, a plurality of grooves formed in a bottom surface of the base member, the grooves configured to mate with the ribs such that an entire bottom surface of the base member is configured to contact the upper surface of the lower cooking plate of the cooking device when the base member is positioned on the lower cooking plate;
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- a cavity formed in an upper surface of the second portion,
- wherein a bottom surface of the base member is angled such that a cooking surface of the cavity is substantially level when the insert is placed on the angled lower cooking plate.
A cooking device comprising:
- a base unit including a lower cooking plate disposed at an angle with respect to a horizontal plane and having plurality of ribs formed on an upper surface of the lower cooking plate;
- an upper unit including an upper cooking plate and pivotally connected to the base unit with a floating hinge;
- a cooking insert configured to be positioned between the lower and upper cooking plates and comprising:
- a base member having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion defining a cooking surface, a plurality of grooves formed in a bottom surface of the base member, the grooves configured to mate with the ribs such that an entire bottom surface of the base member is configured to contact the upper surface of the lower cooking plate of the cooking device when the base member is positioned on the lower cooking plate;
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- a cavity formed in an upper surface of the second portion,
- wherein a bottom surface of the base member is angled such that a cooking surface of the cavity is substantially level when the cooking insert is placed on the angled lower cooking plate.
A cooking device comprising:
- a base unit including a lower cooking plate disposed at an angle with respect to a horizontal plane, a plurality of ribs formed on an upper surface of the lower cooking plate;
- an upper unit including an upper cooking plate, a heating surface formed on an upper surface of the upper unit, the upper unit pivotally connected to the base unit with a floating hinge;
- a lid pivotally connected to the upper unit and operable to cover and uncover the heating surface when it is in a closed and an open condition, respectively;
- a cooking insert configured to be positioned between the lower and upper cooking plates and comprising:
- a base member including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion defining a cooking surface, a bottom surface of the base member including a plurality of grooves, each groove configured to receive a rib of the lower cooking plate such that an entire bottom surface of the base member is configured to contact the upper surface of the lower cooking plate of the cooking device when the base member is positioned on the lower cooking plate;
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- a cavity formed in an upper surface of the second portion,
- wherein a bottom surface of the base member is angled such that a cooking surface of the cavity is substantially level when the insert is placed on the angled lower cooking plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.