US 11,751,710 B2
Guard for cooking system
Joshua D. Anthony, Billerica, MA (US)
Assigned to SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/800,476.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/810,254, filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0268189 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 27/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/36 (2006.01); A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A47J 36/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/002 (2013.01) [A47J 36/06 (2013.01); A47J 37/0641 (2013.01); A47J 37/0664 (2013.01); F24C 15/36 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system comprising:
a housing having a hollow interior;
a cooking container configured to be receivable within the hollow interior;
a heating element associated with said housing and vertically aligned with and arranged above the cooking container;
a support body for supporting the food arranged within said cooking container and below the heating element such that the food is positionable on a support surface of said support body; and
a guard having a body having a plurality of layers including at least a first layer and a second layer separated by an air gap, said guard located between at least a portion of the support surface and said heating element, wherein said guard is permissive of convective airflow between said hollow interior and said heating element, and selectively impermeable to solid and liquid projectile matter generated during a cooking operation, wherein said first layer includes a plurality of first openings and said second layer includes a plurality of second openings.