Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – With signal – indicator or tester
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-21
2001-06-12
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
With signal, indicator or tester
C099S3290RT, C099S3290RT, C099S385000, C099S389000, C099S400000, C099S446000, C219S521000, C219S494000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06244166
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a child proof toaster with touch pad controls and more particularly pertains to preventing unwanted access while allowing for selective operation for particular items to be toasted.
The use of electric toaster devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, electric toaster devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of toasting food items are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,874,929 to Houser discloses a toaster with a visual indicator providing illumination when in use. U.S. Pat. No. 5,528,980 to McClean discloses a toaster with a closure incorporated, constructed of mesh for prevention of fires. U.S. Pat. No. 4,986,173 to Hahnewald discloses a bread toaster which prevents operation when the crumb tray is not inserted.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a child proof toaster with touch pad controls for preventing unwanted access while allowing for selective operation for particular items to be toasted.
In this respect, the child proof toaster with touch pad controls according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of preventing unwanted access while allowing for selective operation for particular items to be toasted.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved child proof toaster with touch pad controls which can be used for preventing unwanted access while allowing for selective operation for particular items to be toasted. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of electric toaster devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved child proof toaster with touch pad controls. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved child proof toaster with touch pad controls which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a housing having a generally rectangular configuration. The housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, opposed side walls and an interior. The top wall has a pair of slots formed therein. The slots are in communication with the interior. The slots receive toastable items therein. The interior has toasting elements disposed therein. The front wall has an opening therein in communication with the interior. A cover member is hingedly coupled with the top wall of the housing. The cover member has an open orientation exposing the pair of slots and a closed orientation covering the pair of slots. A tray portion is removably received within the opening in the front wall of the housing. The tray portion includes a non-stick collection area and a grasping handle. The tray portion is positionable under the pair of slots in a closed orientation. A control pad is disposed within the front wall of the housing. The control pad is in communication with the toasting elements of the housing. The control pad is comprised of a plurality of buttons corresponding with predetermined toastable items. An indicating light is disposed within the front wall of the housing. The indicating light is in communication with the toasting elements and the tray portion. The indicating light turns a first color when the toasting elements are activated. The indicating light turns a second color when the tray portion is full.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved child proof toaster with touch pad controls which has all the advantages of the prior art electric toaster devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved child proof toaster with touch pad controls which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved child proof toaster with touch pad controls which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved child proof toaster with touch pad controls which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a child proof toaster with touch pad controls economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved child proof toaster with touch pad controls for preventing unwanted access while allowing for selective operation for particular items to be toasted.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved child proof toaster with touch pad controls including a housing having a generally rectangular configuration. The housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, opposed side walls and an interior. The top wall has a pair of slots formed therein. The slots are in communication with the interior. The slots receive toastable items therein. The interior has toasting elements disposed therein. The front wall has an opening therein in communication with the interior. A cover member is hingedly coupled with the top wall of the housing. The cover member has an open orientation exposing the pair of slots and a closed orientation covering the pair of slots. A tray portion is removably received within the opening in the front wall of the housing. The tray portion is positionable under the pair of slots in a closed orientation.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
REFERENCE
Goldstein & Canino
Simone Timothy F.
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