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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Reinhard Metz, Wheaton, IL (US);
Warren Graber, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Inventors:
Reinhard Metz, Wheaton, IL (US);
Warren Graber, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Assignee:
CookTek Induction Systems, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/12 (2006.01); H05B 6/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for warming food by controlled heating of heat retention objects such as cookware items or pellets located on a trivet positioned on a countertop, using heating control units, such as induction heating units, remotely located beneath the countertop. The preferred trivet insulates the countertop against damages, and also includes circuitry enabling the indication or display of its proper positioning on the countertop, and also indicating whether the heating unit is heating the heat retention object.