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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Theodore C. Wensink, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Gregory O. Raklovits, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Dov Z. Glucksman, Wenham, MA (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A reversible rack for an electric toaster oven that includes a frame and a plurality of support wires. At least some of the support wires have a plurality of projections on a first side of the rack. When the rack is positioned in the oven with the first side up, the projections carry food items placed on the rack substantially out of contact with the support wires. When the rack is positioned with the first side down the rack is arranged to support items on the substantially flat surface of the second side of the rack. The rack frame can have end members offset from the plane of the rack in the opposite direction of the projections. When the rack is positioned in the toaster oven with the projections up the rack is higher in the oven than when rack is positioned in toaster oven with the projections down.