Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047199 | Oven rack with slide assembly An oven rack assembly including full extension slides. Full extension slides are mounted to an oven rack and oven rack frames or wire racks providing full extension of an oven rack from an oven enclosure. The rack frame is mounted to oven walls or the slides are cou... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7789082 | Rack structure of oven A rack structure of an oven is provided. In the rack structure, a fixed shelf is disposed in a cavity of an oven and it includes an opening with a predetermined size and a vertical bar arranged on each side of the opening, a slide bar includes an end slidable along ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7703453 | Slide-out half rack The rack includes a main section including a primary platform area and a secondary platform area. The primary platform area includes a plurality of elongated support bars and at least one cross member provided across a portion of the primary platform area to provide... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7442901 | Electric oven and method of operating the same An electric oven includes an oven body, a first convection system having a first convection heater and a first convection fan that are installed in the oven body to operate for a first space in the oven body, and a second convection system having a second convection... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7385160 | Food holding cabinet with removable tray covers A food holding cabinet having a housing defining a heating chamber for holding a covered food tray in a tray location has a pair of elongated rigid rods mounted to the housing for suspending a food tray cover thereon in a position above the tray location. A front ro... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367261 | Section divider ensemble for roller grill for cooking human food A roller grill for cooking human food is disclosed which comprises a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing and a divider ensemble shaped to be positioned on the tubular cooking members for sectioning the tubular c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347198 | Oven rack An oven rack for supporting food items to be cooked in a oven cavity of an appliance includes a frame portion and a support platform defined by a plurality of support members that establish a food item support zone and a food item access zone. The plurality of suppo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334517 | Section divider ensemble for roller grill for cooking human food A roller grill for cooking human food is disclosed which comprises a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing and a section divider ensemble for sectioning the tubular cooking members into a first cooking area and a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316179 | Carrier system for products to be cooked in a baking oven The invention relates to a carrier system for products to be cooked in a baking oven. Said system comprises at least one carrier for products to be cooked (5), at least one pair of telescoping slides (6) which respectively comprise at least one inner r... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7270384 | Support assembly for a refrigerator storage pan A refrigerator drawer assembly includes a pan support that includes a wire member that has a first side and a second side. A first bracket is coupled to the first side using a first coupling system. A second bracket is coupled to the second side using a second coupl... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7216646 | Oven rack with slide assembly An oven rack assembly including full extension slides. Full extension slides are mounted to an oven rack and oven rack frames or wire racks providing full extension of an oven rack from an oven enclosure. The rack frame is mounted to oven walls or the slides are cou... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213592 | Suspension or rack frame for apparatus for the heat treatment of substances, especially foodstuffs A suspension frame for supporting trays includes support rails formed by legs which have cutouts and vertical sections having apertures in order to make it possible to wet the suspension frame with cleaning liquid as far as possible on all sides. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7188817 | Molded deck board A plastic molded deck board provides a sturdy, durable, lightweight, economical, readily identifiable, and easily handled surface for supporting cargo on top of trailer load beams. The deck board defines a platform having a top face for supporting cargo, a bottom fa... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7087862 | Methods and apparatus for assembling cooking appliances A rack assembly includes a pair of laterally spaced inner rails, wherein each inner rail includes a coating layer configured to withstand a self clean oven temperature, and a pair of laterally spaced outer rails, wherein each outer rail is slidably coupled to a corr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7071448 | Cooking chamber partition member and electric oven having the same An electric oven includes a partition member to partition a cooking chamber into two cooking regions. The partition member for use in the electric oven includes an insulating board interposed between upper and lower plates of the partition member, and a shock-absorb... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6976597 | Width-adjustable carrier frame usable in household appliances, particularly in cooking and baking ovens A width-adjustable carrier frame for receiving and supporting a grilling rack, a tray, a dish, a cooking or baking sheet, or the like of an oven. The carrier frame consist of at least two cross members with tube-type front-side end areas and two approximately U-shap... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6938617 | Oven assembly with slides An oven rack assembly including full extension slides. Full extension slides are mounted to an oven rack and oven rack frames or wire racks providing full extension of an oven rack from an oven enclosure. The rack frame is mounted to oven walls or the slides are cou... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926001 | Oven rack An oven rack has a notch along its periphery. Flat items placed on the rack traversing the notch can be easily removed from the oven without having to first slide the rack from the oven. The oven rack can be adjustable to fit a variety of oven sizes. A handle can be... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915552 | Porcelain oven rack A porcelain coated steel wire oven rack. The preferred coated steel wire oven rack includes a plurality of elongated steel wire members joined together to form an oven rack having an outer surface. The plurality of elongated steel wire members are made from a steel ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910668 | Molded deck board A plastic molded deck board provides a sturdy, durable, lightweight, economical, readily identifiable, and easily handled surface for supporting cargo on top of trailer load beams. The deck board defines a platform having a top face for supporting cargo, a bottom fa... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6854379 | Rail system for food supports in a baking oven A rail system for food supports in a baking oven provides for a construction which can be fabricated economically, and possesses improved features, including the ability to pull out the food support from the oven, or even to in front of the oven, in a stable, easily... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6545251 | Cooking oven A cooking oven comprises a cavity having a separating and insulating plate which can be inserted horizontally in the cavity in order to split it in two sub-cavities. Each sub-cavity has heating elements on its side walls. The oven sub-cavities can be sing... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6337466 | Toaster oven with lowered support rack and reflector diffuser An electric toaster oven having a housing, a heating element connected to the housing, a reflector connected to the housing, and an object supporting rack connected to the housing and forming an article receiving area between the rack and the housing for ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6205997 | Oven rack An oven rack has a notch along its periphery. Flat items placed on the rack traversing the notch can be easily removed from the oven without having to first slide the rack from the oven.... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6148813 | Telescoping oven rack assembly A telescoping rack assembly for an oven cavity includes a rack extendable upon a primary rack frame which, in turn, is mounted for sliding movement relative to the oven cavity. Therefore, with this arrangement, multiple extensions for the rack is availabl... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6131507 | Baking cart A stand or cart for baking covered molds, preferably being a cart for rack ovens, includes shelves put into or removed from the cart from a same side. Approximately at the middle of the adjacent sides there is at each side a vertical bar (10, 11). Each ba... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6114665 | Oven with self-heated cooking-product support An electric oven with an oven muffle which can be closed by a door and in which a cooking-product support can be held on a holder element. The cooking-product support has its own cooking-product support heater element, and via a power supply element, the ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6112916 | Oven rack An oven rack for supporting food items to be cooked in a cavity of an appliance includes a support platform defined by a plurality of support elements that establish primary and secondary zones upon which food items to be cooked can be placed. The support... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6039039 | Modular outdoor grill with a pivotal food supporting rack A modular outdoor grill for cooking over a bed of combustible fuel or by means of convection heating from an externally mounted firebox. The modular grill comprises a housing with an outwardly, horizontally pivotal food-supporting tray, a vertically exten... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5988158 | Outdoor oven apparatus An oven apparatus includes a support unit which supports a cylindrically shaped oven unit which includes a first oven end and a second oven end. An oven access door is located at each oven end. Drawer guide tracks are supported by interior portions of the... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5938968 | Retractable shelf assembly for a microwave oven The present invention relates to a retractable shelf assembly which may be easily mounted within a microwave oven cooking chamber. A pair of elongated substantially rectangular outer track members having an open end are mounted to the bottom of the microw... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5796082 | Microwave oven having partitions in cooking chamber for carrying rotary trays A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber in which a plurality of removable horizontal partition plates are mounted to divide the cooking chamber into vertically adjacent compartments. A tray is rotatably mounted on each partition plate. A drive shaft c... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5447146 | Oven rack assembly An oven rack assembly to support cooking vessels within an oven that is capable of being pulled outwardly and upwardly exterior to the oven's interior heating chamber. The rack is situated within a frame generally conforming to the shape and size of the i... | 09/05/1995 |
| 4759341 | Sliding rail support system A slidable support system is formed of two rails having opposed channels. The rails have flat mounting surfaces adapted to be affixed to a support and an element to be slidably mounted, and at least two bearings are provided extending into the channels of... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4651713 | Slide out rack for ovens and the like A rack for forming a slide out support shelf in an enclosure such as an oven comprises an outer frame member defining the perimeter of the rack and having opposite front and rear limbs and opposite parallel side limbs, and a series of spaced parallel supp... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4595101 | Portable food carrying device A portable food carrying device comprising means for supporting at least one substantially flat food item in a predetermined orientation, and means for enveloping and for insulating the supporting means comprising an insulated, flexible container includin... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4553523 | Two-way adjustable grate and method for adjusting the length and width An adjustable grate includes first and second identical grate members each with first and second parallel supports. A plurality of upper and lower elements are secured to and extend perpendicularly to the parallel supports providing a space between the up... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4476848 | Countertop oven A countertop oven particularly well suited for preparing convenience foods, such as frozen dinners and hot sandwiches is provided. The oven includes at least one heating and serving tray with heat resistant handles, the tray sliding into slots in the oven... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4434780 | Extendible grill A portable cooking grill has an annular frame with parallel bars spanning it. Each of the bars is attached at each end to opposite sides of the frame. Two U-shaped extension members are attached to selected parallel bars, for sliding motion thereon, and c... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4194495 | Oven liner and rack design The specification discloses an over liner having canted ribs for supporting an oven rack. The parallel elongated ribs are defined by converging canted upper and lower surfaces extending from the side walls of the oven liner into the oven cavity. A series ... | 03/25/1980 |
