COOKING APPLIANCE

Abstract

A cooking appliance for producing flatbreads or other foodstuffs is provided. The cooking appliance includes a base, lower heating assembly, and an upper heating assembly. The lower heating assembly includes a lower cooking surface, and the upper heating assembly includes an upper cooking surface. The upper cooking surface is translatable and rotatable relative to the lower cooking surface. The upper cooking surface is locatable in at least three operative positions relative to the lower cooking surface.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of an embodiment of a cooking appliance in accordance with the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of an embodiment of a base;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the base of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the base of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a top perspective view of an embodiment of a lower heating assembly;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the lower heating assembly along line VI-VI of FIG. 5;

FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a lower heating assembly;

FIG. 7 is a top perspective view of an embodiment of an upper heating assembly;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the upper heating assembly along line VIII-VIII of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the upper heating assembly of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10A is a side view of an embodiment of a cooking appliance in a first operative position;

FIG. 10B is a top perspective view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 10A in the first operative position;

FIG. 11A is a side view of an embodiment of a cooking appliance in a second operative position;

FIG. 11B is a top perspective view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 11A in the second operative position

FIG. 12A is a side view of an embodiment of a cooking appliance in a third operative position;

FIG. 12B is a top perspective view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 12A in the third operative position

FIG. 13A is a side view of an embodiment of a cooking appliance in a fourth operative position; and

FIG. 13B is a top perspective view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 13A in the fourth operative position.

Claims

1. A cooking appliance comprising: a first heating assembly having a first cooking surface; anda second heating assembly having a second cooking surface, said second heating assembly being operatively connected to said first heating assembly, wherein said first cooking surface is locatable in at least three operative positions relative to said second cooking surface.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein said first heating assembly is translatable relative to said second heating assembly.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein said first heating assembly is rotatable relative to said second heating assembly.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein said first operative position includes said first cooking surface being secured in an abutting relationship with said second cooking surface.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein said second operative position includes said first cooking surface being located at an angle relative to said second cooking surface.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein said third operative position includes said first cooking surface being secured in a spaced-apart relationship relative to said second cooking surface, and said first cooking surface being oriented in a substantially parallel manner relative to said second cooking surface in said third operative position.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein said first cooking surface has a first pattern and said second cooking surface has a second pattern.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 7, wherein said first and second patterns are different.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 7, wherein said first pattern is a spiral-shaped raised ridge and said second pattern is substantially flat.

10. A cooking appliance comprising: a first heating assembly having a first cooking surface; anda second heating assembly having a second cooking surface, said second heating assembly operatively connected to said first heating assembly, wherein said second cooking surface is translatable in a substantially linear manner relative to said first cooking surface.

11. The cooking appliance of claim 10, wherein said second cooking surface is maintainable in a substantially parallel relationship with the first cooking surface as said second cooking surface is translated relative to the first cooking surface.

12. The cooking appliance of claim 10, further including said second cooking surface being maintainable in a position spaced apart from said first cooking surface, wherein said second cooking surface is substantially parallel to said first cooking surface.

13. The cooking appliance of claim 10, wherein at least one of said first and second cooking surfaces is removable.

14. The cooking appliance of claim 10, wherein said first cooking surface is interchangeable with a third cooking surface, and said second cooking surface is interchangeable with a fourth cooking surface.

15. The cooking appliance of claim 10, wherein said second cooking surface is securable in at least three operative positions relative to said first cooking surface.

16. A cooking appliance comprising: a base having a front portion, central portion, and a rear portion,a lower heating assembly attached to said base, said lower heating assembly including a substantially flat lower cooking surface,an upper heating assembly operatively connected to said lower heating assembly, said upper heating assembly including an upper cooking surface, wherein said upper cooking surface includes a spiral-shaped raised ridge.

17. The cooking appliance of claim 16, wherein said upper heating assembly is removable from said lower heating assembly and said lower heating assembly is removable from said base.

18. The cooking appliance of claim 16 further including a raised edge extending from said lower cooking surface a first distance for preventing spillage.

19. The cooking appliance of claim 18, wherein said lower cooking surface is replaceable with a second lower cooking surface having a raised edge extending from said second lower cooking surface a second distance, said first distance being different than said second distance.

20. The cooking appliance of claim 16, wherein a hinge pin connected to said upper heating assembly is translatable within an inverted J-shaped track for adjusting said upper cooking surface relative to said lower cooking surface.