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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Edward Zhihua Cai, Corvallis, OR (US);
Other;
Abstract
A cooktop hygiene device removably mountable to a cooktop for collecting food sputterings or spillings and preventing such sputterings or spillings from contaminating the cooktop comprises a plate-like structure, which can be flexible or rigid, having an upper surface adapted to receive the spillings or sputterings and a lower surface adapted to interface with the cooktop surface, and a plurality of openings on the plate-like structure to receive the heaters on the cooktop and to allow a user to place a cookware or utensil on the heaters. A fold facilitator is provided on the plate like structure to facilitate the folding of the device to fit into a dishwasher. A plurality of drip pans secured to the plate-like structure is provided for catching the food and liquid spillings or sputterings. The plurality of openings may be covered by heater covers to provide cooking zones on the plate-like structure to engage with the heaters and conduct heat from the heaters to cookware on the cooking zones. Methods for preventing the cooktop from being contaminated by food spillings or sputterings using a cooktop hygiene device are provided.