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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Martin Brady, Richmond, VA (US);
Xiaogang Guo, Greensburg, PA (US);
Martin Brady, Richmond, VA (US);
Xiaogang Guo, Greensburg, PA (US);
Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc., Glen Allen, VA (US);
Abstract
A portable electric grilling appliance () for household use which has first and second heating units () which, in use, overlie one another has substantially identical housing shells to make it evident to the user that the grilling appliance () can be used with either one of the heating units as the lower heating unit and provide support for the other heating unit. The two heating units () have substantially the same exterior appearance and both are designed to function as either the top heating unit or the bottom heating unit. The two heating units () are substantially symmetrical about a horizontal plane extending between them when the heating units are arranged one on top of the other to indicate to the user of the appliance that either heating unit could be placed on top and the other on the bottom.