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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Michael T. Lye, Warwick, RI (US);
Luke N. Michas, North Providence, RI (US);
Jeremy C. Howard, Little Compton, RI (US);
Edgar L. Laguinia, Portmouth, RI (US);
Elizabeth Akers, Chicago, IL (US);
Seung Park, Newtonville, MA (US);
Marc S. Harrison, late of Portmouth, RI (US);
Peter Wooding, Providence, RI (US);
Jane K. Langmuir, Providence, RI (US);
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Abstract
A cooling or support rack is embedded into a work surface of a countertop at a position generally, directly in front of one or more doors of an oven arranged above the countertop. Preferably, the oven incorporates a pair of arcuate, sliding doors which are movable from a closed position to an open position wherein the doors do not extend over the cooling rack. The upper surface of the cooling rack is substantially flush with both the countertop and a lowermost cookware support surface within the oven such that cookware can be readily slid into and out of the oven.