US 11,766,152 B2
Cooking device and components thereof
Joshua D. Anthony, N. 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 May 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/331,175.
Application 17/331,175 is a continuation of application No. 16/402,029, filed on May 2, 2019, granted, now 11,033,146.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/810,249, filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0274969 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
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)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system, comprising:
a housing having a hollow interior configured to receive food therein;
a heating element associated with the housing; and
a support body configured to support food within the hollow interior, the support body including a support surface and an outer edge, wherein the support surface includes a plurality of diffuser ribs, the plurality of diffuser ribs being curved and including first ribs, second ribs, and third ribs, the first ribs extending radially inward between the outer edge to a first radial position on the support surface, the second ribs extending radially inward between the outer edge to a second radial position, and the third ribs extending radially inward between the outer edge to a third radial position, the first, second, and third radial positions being different from one another.