US 12,226,039 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 Aug. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/453,035.
Application 18/453,035 is a division of application No. 16/800,476, filed on Feb. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,751,710.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/810,254, filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389742 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F24C 15/36 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 36/06 (2006.01); A47J 37/06 (2006.01); F24C 15/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/002 (2013.01) [A47J 36/06 (2013.01); A47J 37/0641 (2013.01); A47J 37/0664 (2013.01); F24C 15/322 (2013.01); F24C 15/36 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system comprising:
a housing having a hollow interior;
a first heating element associated with said housing and operable in a first cooking mode;
a second heating element associated with said housing and operable in a second cooking mode;
a guard, comprising:
a first layer having a first plurality of openings positioned therein; and
a second layer having a second plurality of openings positioned therein;
wherein, the guard is positioned within said housing in the first cooking mode and the second cooking mode, wherein in the first cooking mode the guard is permeable to allow convective airflow between said hollow interior and said heating element at a first flowrate, and in the second cooking mode the guard is permeable to allow convective airflow between said hollow interior and said heating element at a second flowrate, wherein the first flowrate is greater than the second flowrate.