US 11,672,377 B2
Cooking device and components thereof
Christopher T. Martin, North Attleboro, MA (US); Thomas Guerin, Boston, MA (US); Roger Neil Jackson, Cornwall (GB); Joshua D. Anthony, North Billerica, MA (US); Kerry Schwarz, Needham, MA (US); and Michaela Dubeau, Uxbridge, MA (US)
Assigned to SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,768.
Application 17/837,768 is a continuation of application No. 17/219,238, filed on Mar. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,389,026.
Application 17/219,238 is a continuation of application No. 17/159,414, previously published as PCT/US2020/042120, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,193, filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296039 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0641 (2013.01) [A47J 27/004 (2013.01); A47J 27/12 (2013.01); A47J 37/0664 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system comprising:
a housing having a first internal compartment and a second internal compartment, the first internal compartment and the second internal compartment being separated by a dividing wall extending upward from a base of the housing;
a first cooking container defining a first cooking volume, said first cooking container being removably receivable within said first internal compartment to completely close off an opening to said first internal compartment when fully inserted therein, and a second cooking container defining a second cooking volume, said second cooking container being removably receivable within said second internal compartment to completely close off an opening to said second internal compartment when fully inserted therein;
a first heating element and a second heating element disposed in said housing, said first heating element being in thermal communication with said first cooking volume and said second heating element being in thermal communication with said second cooking volume, the first and second heating elements being independently operable to independently cook food contained within the first and second cooking containers; and
a first fan and a second fan disposed in said housing, said first fan being in fluid communication with said first cooking volume and said second fan being in fluid communication with said second cooking volume.