US 11,751,721 B2
Heat distribution member and vents for toaster oven
Kroy Everett Nernberger, Madison, WI (US); Jacob Daniel Smith, Monona, WI (US); and Matthew James Hamilton, McFarland, WI (US)
Assigned to Spectrum Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by Spectrum Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/62,827.
Application 17/062,827 is a division of application No. 15/694,294, filed on Sep. 1, 2017, granted, now 10,791,872.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/383,089, filed on Sep. 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015300 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); F24C 7/04 (2021.01); F24C 15/20 (2006.01); F24C 15/32 (2006.01); A21B 1/14 (2006.01); A21B 1/22 (2006.01); F24C 15/22 (2006.01); F24C 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0635 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0629 (2013.01); F24C 15/16 (2013.01); F24C 15/22 (2013.01); F24C 15/32 (2013.01); A21B 1/14 (2013.01); A21B 1/22 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating appliance, comprising:
a housing defining a food product compartment having at least a front door and a rear wall opposite the front door;
a rack operatively positionable to the housing to support a food product within the food product compartment;
a heating device operatively connected with the housing and disposed within the food product compartment, the heating device positioned to heat air within the food product compartment thus causing the heated air to rise within the food product compartment;
a first air vent located at a lower portion of the rear wall of the housing, the first air vent permitting fluid communication between the food compartment and an outside of the housing through the rear wall, so that when the heating device is energized for causing the heated air to rise, additional air is drawn from the outside of the housing through the first air vent into the food product compartment toward the heating device; and
a second air vent located at an upper portion of the rear wall of the housing, the second air vent permitting fluid communication between the food compartment and the outside of the housing through the rear wall, so that when the heating device is energized for causing the heated air to rise, the heated air is caused to circulate within the food compartment with at least some of the air exiting the food product compartment through the second air vent.