American Harvest, Inc.

Nordictrack, Inc.

Jeffrey E Sandahl

David A Dornbush

Chad S Erickson

Kevin B Moore

Neal P Barnes

James B Easley

Richard C Jackson

Andrew L Von Duyke

Troy M Iverson

Timothy S Engel

Robert A Iverson

Michael E Heutmaker

Edward A Pauls

John L Knoll

Michael F Meyer

Jeffrey S Duncan

Richard P Riedel

Joaquim Da Rosa

Bryce M Lemon

Michael A Fritz

A modular food dehydrator utilizing a heater blower assembly located on a top surface of a dehydrator module. The heater blower assembly includes a motor driven fan, a heating element and an air distribution portion for directing heated air across the support surfaces. The heater blower assembly is preferably releasably attachable to the dehydrator module. In a first embodiment, the dehydrator module has a central opening extending generally vertically through the support surfaces in fluid communication with the heater blower assembly for directing heated air radially outward across the plurality of support surfaces. The dehydrator module preferably includes outlet vents on an outer perimeter surface for exhausting the heated air. At least one outlet vent is preferably located between each of the plurality of support surfaces. In a second embodiment, the dehydrator module includes air ducts on an outer perimeter surface in fluid communication with the heater blower assembly for directing pressurized, heated air radially inward across the plurality of support surfaces. The dehydrator module includes a central opening extending generally vertically through the support surfaces in fluid communication with a space between each the support surfaces for exhausting or recirculating heated air.

Food dehydrator

A front-loading bread making machines for making two loaves of bread simultaneously. The bread maker utilizes bread pans with a pseudo-overrise which emulate the shape of conventional bread and facilitates handling of the bread pans. The bread pans have a high pan surface area to opening ratio which decreases rise and bake time.

Automatic bread making machine

Extension ring for a convection oven

A convection oven includes a frame having a base member and two upright members which extend upwardly from the base member. A cooking chamber is removably supported by the frame and includes an upper enclosure member and a lower enclosure member. A housing attached to the upper enclosure member is configured so that cool air flows from a peripheral portion of an arm into a central portion of the housing and then is expelled from the arm over the upper surface of the upper enclosure member. A passive hinge connects the housing to the frame such that the housing and upper enclosure member may be both separated from the frame and lower enclosure member by lifting the housing vertically and pivoted relative to the frame and lower enclosure member. An extension ring selectively enlarges the size of the cooking chamber. A holster may hold the upper enclosure member and the housing when they are separated from the lower enclosure member. In one embodiment, an axial-type hot-air fan guides the hot air in a substantially axial direction within the cooking chamber, and a fan shroud surrounds the hot-air fan so that a radial component of the hot air is initially routed in a substantially axial direction off of the hot-air fan into the cooking chamber of the oven.

Convection oven

A straight back side chair has a seat cushion and a back member, and includes a low resistance loading device that is operated through a system of cords and pulleys from handgrips. The pulleys are supported on arms that are mounted to the back of the chair and which can be selectively positioned for different types of exercise. The arms can be positioned laterally out from the sides of the chair for doing butterfly type exercise; pushed downwardly at an angle for curls; or positioned overhead above the back of the chair for permitting a person seated in the chair to do pull downs. When the chair is not in use as an excerciser, the arms are folded out of the way so it functions as a side chair and does not visually intrude on the usable space in a room or tend to give the room the look of a gymnasium. The force resistance device is very compact so that it takes little space beneath the seat, permitting a cushioned or padded seat to be used. A panel having a display of counters, force indicators and the like can also be mounted on the chair seat and made to be retractable when not in use.

Rotation-activated resistance device

A straight back side chair has a seat cushion and a back member, and includes a low resistance loading device that is operated through a system of cords and pulleys from handgrips. The pulleys are supported on arms that are mounted to the back of the chair and which can be selectively positioned for different types of exercise. The arms can be positioned laterally out from the sides of the chair for doing butterfly type exercise; pushed downwardly at an angle for curls; or positioned overhead above the back of the chair for permitting a person seated in the chair to do pull downs. When the chair is not in use as an exerciser, the arms are folded out of the way so it functions as a side chair and does not visually intrude on the usable space in a room or tend to give the room the look of a gymnasium. The force resistance device is very compact so that it takes litter space beneath the seat, permitting a cushioned or padded seat to be used. A panel having a display of counters, force indicators and the like can also be mounted on the chair seat and made to be retractable when not in use.

Combination chair and exercise unit

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Burnsville, MN, United States of America

Jeffrey E Sandahl