US 12,232,647 B2
Stowable countertop cooking system
Joshua D. Anthony, Billerica, MA (US); Ethan T. Brown, Cambridge, MA (US); Richard Rhys Mathias, Brookline, MA (US); Nicholas Varjabedian, Middleboro, MA (US); Nathaniel R. Lavins, Somerville, MA (US); Ross Richardson, Dover, MA (US); Jack David Clark, Brighton, MA (US); and James Richard Potter, Windsor (GB)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/801,765.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/810,639, filed on Feb. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0268200 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 36/34 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 36/34 (2013.01) [A47J 27/004 (2013.01); A47J 37/0635 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system mountable on a support surface, the cooking system comprising:
a housing having a front wall, first and second sidewalls, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a rear wall connected together to form an internal heating compartment configured to receive food therein, a first opening formed in the front wall of the housing for accessing the internal heating compartment, a second opening formed in the bottom wall of the housing for accessing the internal heating compartment, and a support foot extending from the housing, wherein the housing is rotatable between a first position and a second position;
a cleaning door selectively positioned over the second opening; and
a swivel structure arranged at an exterior of the housing and configured to rest on a support surface, the swivel structure defining a swivel axis, wherein the housing is rotatable about the swivel axis between the first position and a second position, wherein the support foot and the swivel structure are configured to rest on the support surface in the first position, and wherein only the swivel structure is configured to rest on the support surface in the second position, the swivel structure being configured to remain stationary relative to the support surface as the housing rotates about the swivel structure from the first position to the second position.