Patent Application
20230066744
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The disclosure relates to microwave oven device and more particularly pertains to a new microwave oven devices for microwaving food items without a power supply. This device includes a plurality of battery holders to selectively receive portable tool batteries. The device may also plug in to a standard power outlet.
The prior art relates to microwave oven devices. Known devices typically require a plug-in power source, even when robustly designed for jobsite use. These devices are not able to receive and draw power from standard portable tool batteries. Known devices also lack strap connection loops for easy carrying on the user's shoulder with a strap.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing having a housing front side, a housing back side, a housing left side, a housing right side, a housing top side, and a housing bottom side defining a housing cavity. The housing front side has a door aperture extending through to the housing cavity. A door is coupled to the housing. The door is pivotably coupled to the housing front side to selectively cover or uncover the door aperture. A microwave is coupled within the housing. A plurality of controls is coupled to the housing. The plurality of controls is coupled to the housing front side and is in operational communication with the microwave. A door button is coupled to the housing. The door button is coupled to the housing front side and is in operational communication with the door. A power supply is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the microwave. A power cord is coupled to the housing and is in operational communication with the power supply. A battery bank is coupled to the housing. The battery bank includes a plurality of contacts and a plurality of battery supports configured to selectively receive a plurality of portable tool batteries. The plurality of contacts is in operational communication with the power supply.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure 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 additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A door 32 is coupled to the housing 12. The door 32 is pivotably coupled to the housing front side 14 to selectively cover or uncover the door aperture 28. The door 32 may have a transparent window portion 34 to allow the user to see progress of the item being cooked within the housing cavity 26. The housing front side 14 may have a protrusion portion 36 adjacent the housing right side 20 and the door aperture 28 to be flush with the door 32. A door button 38 is coupled to the housing 12. The door button 38 is coupled to the protrusion portion 36 of the housing front side and is in operational communication with the door 32 to uncover the door aperture 28 as desired.
A pair of strap rings 40 is coupled to the housing left side 18 and the housing right side 20 proximal the housing top side 22. The pair of strap rings may include a fixed portion 42 coupled to the housing 12 and a D-ring 44 pivotably coupled to the fixed portion 42. Each D-ring 44 may selectively receive a shoulder strap 46. The shoulder strap 46 may have a padded medial portion 48 for user comfort.
A microwave 50 is coupled within the housing 12. A plurality of controls 52 is coupled to the housing 12. The plurality of controls 52 is coupled to the protrusion portion 36 of the housing front side above the door button 38 and is in operational communication with the microwave 50. The plurality of controls 52 is used to operate the microwave 50 for custom or preset power settings and time durations.
A power supply 54 is coupled within the housing 12. The power supply 54 is in operational communication with the microwave 50. A power cord 56 is coupled to the housing 12 and is in operational communication with the power supply 54 when a power source is available. A pair of cord holders 58 is coupled to the housing back side 16. Each of the cord holders 58 has a cylindrical protrusion 60 and an obround stop 62 coupled to the protrusion 60. The pair of cord holders 58 windingly receives the power cord 56 when not in use.
A battery bank 64 is coupled to the housing 12. The battery bank 64 includes a plurality of contacts 66 and a plurality of battery supports 68 configured to selectively receive a plurality of portable tool batteries 70. The battery bank 64 may have a rectangular bank wall 72 extending from the housing back side 16. The plurality of battery supports 68 extends from the bank wall 72. The plurality of contacts 66 is in operational communication with the power supply 54 to operate the microwave 50 using the plurality of portable tool batteries 70. The plurality of contacts 66 may be arranged horizontally with the plurality of battery supports 68 including a pair of vertical side supports 74 surrounding each of the contacts 66.
In use, the apparatus 10 is carried to a jobsite using either the integrated handle cavities 28 or the shoulder strap 46. The plurality of portable tool batteries 70 are engaged within the battery bank 64 to power the microwave 50. The user may then manipulate the plurality of controls 52 to cook food items as desired without a nearby power source.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
