US 7,500,428 B2
Food cooking basket for a rotisserie oven
Alan L. Backus, Los Angeles, Calif. (US); and Ronald M. Popeil, Beverly Hills, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Ronco Acquisition Corporation, New York, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Mar. 07, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/683,334.
Application 11/683334 is a continuation of application No. 11/370622, filed on Mar. 07, 2006, granted, now 7,225,729.
Application 11/370622 is a continuation of application No. 09/824429, filed on Apr. 02, 2001, granted, now 7,021,203.
Application 09/824429 is a continuation of application No. 09/502940, filed on Feb. 11, 2000, abandoned.
Application 09/502940 is a continuation of application No. 09/217944, filed on Dec. 21, 1998, granted, now 6,170,390.
Prior Publication US 2007/0145061 A1, Jun. 28, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A22C 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 99—427  [99/421 R; 99/421 H] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for holding food to be cooked, the container being generally cylindrical, defining a longitudinal axis and including first and second ends, wherein the first and second ends each include first and second spit rod openings therein, and wherein the first and second ends each include at least one food introduction opening, wherein the container is in combination with a spit rod assembly comprising first and second spit rods that extend through the first spit rod openings and second spit rod openings, respectively, so that the generally cylindrical container can rotate in concert with the first and second spit rods, wherein the spit rod assembly further comprises a first end plate having a center and being coupled to and essentially orthogonal to said first and second spit rods, and a second end plate having a center and being coupled to and essentially orthogonal to said first and second spit rods, wherein the first end plate includes a first plate-shaped member having an inner side, a peripheral boundary, and an interior area wherein the interior area and the peripheral boundary are positioned in two different planes, with the interior area being recessed into the inner side.