Multiple crock buffet server

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • D669731
  • Patent Number
    D669,731
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, January 13, 2011
    15 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    13 years ago
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • D07 323
    • D07 352-366
    • D07 391
    • D07 402
    • D07 505
    • D07 538-545
    • D07 5521
    • D07 5543-5544
    • D07 560
    • D07 566
    • D07 585-588
    • D07 601-602
    • D07 610-615
    • D07 628-629
    • D07 675
    • 099 324000
    • 099 339-340
    • 099 347000
    • 099 422-426
    • 099 446000
    • 219 387000
    • 219 417000
    • 219 433000
    • 220 0232-0238
    • 220 023860
    • 220 5731-5733
    • 220 574-575
    • 220 657000
    • 220 780-806
    • 220 912000
    • 249 117-119
    • 249 121-122
    • 249 126000
    • 249 134000
    • 248 292130
  • International Classifications
    • 0702
    • Term of Grant
      14Years
Abstract
Description


FIG. 1 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with an intermediate oval server bowl insert being shown in broken lines so that the claimed design covers a buffet server with two or more oval server bowl inserts situated adjacent opposite ends of the heated server base unit housing, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, server control knobs, server lid holders, oval insert lids received by the bowl inserts, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 2 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 1, with the top housing section, including bosses that receive the lid holders, and the bottom housing section, including an intermediate rear-facing opening, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 3 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-3, with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design, and with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 5 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-4, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 6 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-5, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 7 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-6, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 8 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with the buffet server being depicted as intermediately fragmented along its length so that the claimed design covers various buffet server housing lengths and covers a buffet server with two or more oval server bowl inserts, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, server control knobs, server lid holders, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 9 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 8, with the top housing section, including bosses that receive the lid holders, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 10 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 11 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-10, with the lid holders being removed, and with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 12 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-11, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 13 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-12, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 14 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-13, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 15 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with an intermediate oval bowl insert being shown in broken lines so that the claimed design covers a buffet server with two or more oval server bowl inserts, with one of multiple identical oval insert lids for corresponding bowl inserts being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes and forming no part of the claimed design, and with two oval inserts situated adjacent opposite ends of the heated server base unit housing, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, server control knobs, server lid holders, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 16 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 15, with the top housing section, including bosses that receive the lid holders, and the bottom housing section, including an intermediate rear-facing opening, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 17 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 18 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-17, with the lid holders being removed, and with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 19 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-18, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 20 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-19, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 21 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-20, with the lid holders being removed;



FIG. 22 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, including bosses that receive lid holders, server control knobs, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 23 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 22;



FIG. 24 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22 and 23;



FIG. 25 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-24, with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;



FIG. 26 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-25;



FIG. 27 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-26; and,



FIG. 28 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-27.


Claims
  • The ornamental design for a multiple crock buffet server, as shown and described.
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