Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Foraminous support
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-14
2001-08-28
Alexander, Reginald L. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Foraminous support
C099SDIG014, C220S573100, C220S912000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06279469
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the field of baking accessories, and more particularly to a cookie baking sheet.
Metal sheets that facilitate the baking of cookies are known. They are typically used in conjunction with standard ovens found in most homes. The user prepares an amount of cookie dough, then breaks it into cookie sized amounts and finally places the cookies sized dough pieces onto a cookie sheet. The sheet is placed on an oven rack, the oven door is closed and the dough proceeds to cook until the proper browning and consistency is reached.
Numerous types of cookie backing sheets are on the market today. These include sheets made of steel, aluminum, non stick coated, and shiny coated. Some current cookie sheets use a double layer configuration with insulating air in between. Many of the sheets have edges that are bent up on four sides, usually at ninety degrees. This increases the sheets rigidity and gives a person a place to hold the sheet while transferring it from one location to another. Another aid used in the cooking of cookies is parchment paper. This paper is heat resistant so it can be safely placed in an oven. By putting a sheet of parchment paper over a metal cookie baking sheet, the user reduces clean up time and the cookies have less tendency to stick to the cooking surface. Additionally, a person can slide an entire tray of cookies off the baking tray by simply sliding the parchment paper off the tray.
Although many of the current cookie baking sheets available today perform a somewhat adequate job, there are some drawbacks that continue to be a problem. If not watched carefully, most cookie baking sheets cause the bottom of a cookie to become overly cooked or burnt. There is a relatively small window of time where the cookies are fully cooked and yet the cookie bottoms are not excessively burnt. If the cookies are left unattended for even a short period of time, the over cooking or burning process can ruin a batch of cookies. A few manufacturers have tried to reduce this problem by providing an insulated sheet are double walled sheet having an air gap in between, such as Insulated Bakeware by Airbake, or the Cushionair by WearEver.
Unfortunately, independant tests show that although the burning of the bottom of cookies is inhibited, The cookies fail to obtain a desirable browning and crisping effect until the entire cookie is overcooked. Other problems with current cookie baking sheets include the fact that most sheets have bent up edges on all four sides. Although these edges improve the stability of the sheet, the sharp ninety degree bends tend to cause the sheet to warp during heating thereby causing cookies to slide around and assume odd shapes. Additionally, the bent edges on all sides make it difficult to slide a sheet of cookie topped parchment paper off of the cookie sheet without disrupting the cookies.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary object of the invention is to provide a cookie baking sheet that helps cook cookies evenly on top and bottom.
Another object of the invention is to provide a cookie baking sheet that accommodates an additional sheet of parchment paper to eliminate clean up and speed the transfer of cooked cookies from said baking sheet to a kitchen counter.
Another object of the invention is to provide a cookie baking sheet that allows the user to easily slide said parchment paper and associated cookies from said cookie sheet to an adjoining surface.
A further object of the invention is to provide a cookie baking sheet that has easy to grab side walls that do not cause warping of the cookie sheet when heated.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following descriptions, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein, by way of illustration and example, an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.
Cookie Baking Sheet comprising: a perforated aluminum plate one sixteenth of an inch thick, seventeen and one eighth of an inch long and fifteen and three quarters of an inch wide having a plurality of regularly spaced three thirty seconds of an inch diameter circular perforations spaced five thirty seconds of and inch apart, said aluminum plate having longitudinally bent edges at each wide side, said edges bent up at approximately sixty degrees from horizontal and said edges being approximately seven eighths of an inch wide, said aluminum plate having radiused corners of approximately one half of an inch, and said aluminum plate used in conjunction with a top sheet of parchment paper approximately fifteen and three eighths of an inch long by thirteen and one half inches wide.
The drawings constitute a part of this specification and include exemplary embodiments to the invention, which may be embodied in various forms. It is to be understood that in some instances various aspects of the invention may be shown exaggerated or enlarged to facilitate an understanding of the invention.
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patent: 254770 (1882-03-01), Hurd
patent: 1906603 (1933-05-01), Hungerford
patent: 5870946 (1999-02-01), Dudley
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