US 11,707,132 B2
Freely installable cooker
Sandro Ciccaci, Sassoferrato (IT); Egle Armonaviciute, Cagli (IT); Maurizio Tursini, Fabriano (IT); and Mirco Palpacelli, Jesi (IT)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL EMEA S.P.A., Pero (IT)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/511,357.
Application 16/511,357 is a continuation of application No. 15/037,726, granted, now 10,398,225, previously published as PCT/IB2014/065709, filed on Oct. 30, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. PR2013A000094 (IT), filed on Nov. 21, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0335900 A1, Nov. 7, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47B 77/08 (2006.01); F24C 15/30 (2006.01); F24C 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 77/08 (2013.01) [F24C 15/08 (2013.01); F24C 15/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A freely installable cooker comprising:
a support structure received by a base and having side walls and a rear wall to define a housing;
a plurality of electrical connectors that are disposed within the rear wall, each electrical connector of the plurality of electrical connectors having first electrical connector that extends into the housing and a control knob positioned on a back surface of the rear wall; and
a cooking module that is selectively disposed within the housing and includes at least one second electrical connector that selectively couples with the first electrical connector, wherein the cooking module includes an electrical appliance;
wherein the control knob is selectively operable when the second electrical connector is fully received within the first electrical connector to define an activation state, and wherein the control knob is in an inoperable state when the first electrical connector is distal from the activation state, wherein the activation state is characterized by selective activation of the electrical appliance, and wherein the inoperable state is characterized by the electrical appliance being coupled with the support structure and being inoperative.