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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Michael M. Maciejewski, St. Charles, IL (US);
Keith Dice, Naperville, IL (US);
Loren J. Veltrop, Chicago, IL (US);
Jack Guasta, Glendale Heights, IL (US);
Michael M. Maciejewski, St. Charles, IL (US);
Keith Dice, Naperville, IL (US);
Loren J. Veltrop, Chicago, IL (US);
Jack Guasta, Glendale Heights, IL (US);
Prince Castle, Inc., Carol Stream, IL (US);
Abstract
A food warming apparatus includes one or more heating compartments that can hold one or more trays, each covered by a cover, each tray containing previously cooked food portions. One or more supports are disposed inside a heating compartment. A support includes one or more guide members and one or more stop members. A cover includes one or more engagement sections. Without a tray, the cover rests on the one or more stop members. When a tray is inserted into the receiving space defined by the cover and the support, the cover is lifted. The one or more engagement sections engage the one or more guide members to guide the upward motion of the cover. The cover then rests on the tray to at least partially block an open top of the tray, thereby restricting evaporation of liquids from the previously cooked food portions contained therein.