US 11,832,761 B2
Cooking device and components thereof
Joshua D. Anthony, Billerica, MA (US); Christopher T. Martin, Concord, MA (US); Thomas Guerin, Boston, MA (US); John M. Steinmetz, Boston, MA (US); Ethan T. Brown, Cambridge, MA (US); Chad P. Woodrow, Somerville, MA (US); Michaela Dubeau, Uxbridge, MA (US); Jennifer Kathryn Marsden, London (GB); Roger Neil Jackson, Cornwall (GB); Christina J. Crowley, London (GB); Rupert Elliston, London (GB); and Andrew John Roy Tattersfield, London (GB)
Assigned to SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/925,866.
Application 16/925,866 is a continuation of application No. 16/402,029, filed on May 2, 2019, granted, now 11,033,146.
Application 16/402,029 is a continuation of application No. 16/402,023, filed on May 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/810,249, filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0337497 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0641 (2013.01) [A47J 37/067 (2013.01); A47J 37/0623 (2013.01); A47J 37/0629 (2013.01); A47J 37/0664 (2013.01); A47J 37/0676 (2013.01); A47J 2202/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system comprising:
a housing having a hollow interior including a bottom surface, the hollow interior defining a container cavity for receiving food to be cooked;
a fan coupled to the housing above the hollow interior, wherein the fan is configured to generate an air flow through the hollow interior;
a support body removably mounted within the hollow interior to support the food, the hollow interior including a clearance area between a bottom of the support body and the bottom surface of the hollow interior, wherein the support body has a support surface including a diffusing structure configured to diffuse the air flow generated by the fan; and
a heating element embedded within the support body.