US 12,075,943 B2
Cooking device and components thereof
Christopher T. Martin, North Attleboro, MA (US); Thomas Guerin, Boston, MA (US); Roger Neil Jackson, Cornwall (GB); Joshua D. Anthony, North Billerica, MA (US); Kerry Schwarz, Needham, MA (US); and Michaela Dubeau, Uxbridge, MA (US)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,671.
Application 18/186,671 is a continuation of application No. 17/837,768, filed on Jun. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,672,377.
Application 17/837,768 is a continuation of application No. 17/219,238, filed on Mar. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,389,026, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Application 17/219,238 is a continuation of application No. 17/159,414, previously published as PCT/US2020/042120, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,193, filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225555 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0641 (2013.01) [A47J 27/004 (2013.01); A47J 27/12 (2013.01); A47J 37/0664 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system comprising:
a housing having an opening extending into an internal compartment;
first and second cooking containers removably disposed in the internal compartment of the housing, the first and second cooking containers closing off an opening to the internal compartment and forming a continuous outer surface with the housing, the first cooking container defining a first cooking volume, and the second cooking container defining a second cooking volume, the first cooking volume being thermally and fluidly separate from the second cooking volume;
a first heating element and a second heating element disposed in the housing, the first heating element being in thermal communication with the first cooking volume and the second heating element being in thermal communication with the second cooking volume, the first heating element being independently operable to independently cook food contained within the first cooking container and the second heating elements being independently operable to independently cook food contained within the second cooking container; and
a first fan and a second fan disposed in the housing, the first fan being in fluid communication with the first cooking volume and the second fan being in fluid communication with the second cooking volume.