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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2011
Jung S. Moon, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Gene H. Kim, Grayslake, IL (US);
Mikale K. Kwon, Glenview, IL (US);
Eung Y. Choi, Glenview, IL (US);
Byong G. Choi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Jung S. Moon, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Gene H. Kim, Grayslake, IL (US);
Mikale K. Kwon, Glenview, IL (US);
Eung Y. Choi, Glenview, IL (US);
Byong G. Choi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Hearthware, Inc., Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A portable countertop electric oven for cooking food includes: a cooking housing; a power head operative to attach, connect, and/or couple, to the cooking housing, at least a portion of the power head extending into an interior of the cooking housing; a base operative to attach, connect, and/or couple, to the cooking housing; and a first securing element operable to secure the cooking housing to the base. A porting element may be provided, such as a handle formed from a portion of the power head, which may include first and second bulged regions of the power head. At least one of: the cooking housing; the power head and the base, may have a substantially elliptical shape, and may include two bulged portions at respective distal ends. The first securing element may be an attachment clip including a first region operable to engage with the cooking housing and a second region operable to engage with the base.