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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., Glen Allen, VA (US);
Michael Garman, Moseley, VA (US);
David L Jackson, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Abraham S Longmire, Ashland, VA (US);
George Stamper, Quinton, VA (US);
Micheal M Pierce, Henrico, VA (US);
Derek A McCullough, Henrico, VA (US);
Mark C Steiner, Midlothian, VA (US);
Andrea L Radford, Montpelier, VA (US);
Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., Glen Allen, VA (US);
Abstract
A small cooking appliance with a bottom housing, a top housing, and a ring assembly. An uppermost cooking cavity is defined in the top housing and may be used to cook or heat a top food layer. The uppermost cooking cavity includes a floor that forms an uppermost cooking surface. The uppermost cooking cavity may have an open top. The appliance may include a hinged or pivoting lid to selectively close off the open top of the uppermost cooking cavity. The uppermost cooking surface may be heated by one or more heating elements in the top housing. The appliance cooks a food item in an assembled manner save a top food layer of the food item needs to be manually removed from the uppermost cooking cavity and placed onto the other layers.