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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Loren J. Veltrop, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey Schroeder, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Charles Hartfelder, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Jack Guasta, Glendale Heights, IL (US);
Loren J. Veltrop, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey Schroeder, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Charles Hartfelder, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Jack Guasta, Glendale Heights, IL (US);
Prince Castle, Inc., Carol Stream, IL (US);
Abstract
A food warming apparatus includes a heating compartment that can hold one or more trays containing previously cooked food portions. A cover for a tray has a horizontal section and a vertical section extending downwardly from one side of the horizontal section. A rack in the heating compartment includes a channel and a stop that blocks the front end of the channel. The vertical section of the cover fits securely in the channel behind the stop such that the rack supports the cover substantially only through the vertical section. When a tray is inserted into the receiving space cooperatively defined by the cover and rack, the cover is lifted up so that the horizontal section rests on the tray and at least partially blocks the open top of the tray, thereby restricting evaporation of liquids from the previously cooked food portions contained in the tray.