Multiple crock buffet server
Granted 30 Oct 2012 · no office action yet
Assignee: Select Brands
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Inventors: W. Eric Endres, William S. Endres, Mark T. Krasne · Examiner: Ricky Pham · AU 2913 · TC 2900
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2 parts›FIG. 1 is a front perspective of a…
FIG. 1 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with an intermediate oval server bowl insert being shown in broken lines so that the claimed design covers a buffet server with two or more oval server bowl inserts situated adjacent opposite ends of the heated server base unit housing, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, server control knobs, server lid holders, oval insert lids received by the bowl inserts, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 1 , with the top housing section, including bosses that receive the lid holders, and the bottom housing section, including an intermediate rear-facing opening, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 3 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-3 , with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design, and with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 5 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-4 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 6 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-5 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 7 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-6 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 8 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with the buffet server being depicted as intermediately fragmented along its length so that the claimed design covers various buffet server housing lengths and covers a buffet server with two or more oval server bowl inserts, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, server control knobs, server lid holders, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 9 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 8 , with the top housing section, including bosses that receive the lid holders, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 10 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 11 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-10 , with the lid holders being removed, and with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 12 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-11 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 13 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-12 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 14 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-13 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 15 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with an intermediate oval bowl insert being shown in broken lines so that the claimed design covers a buffet server with two or more oval server bowl inserts, with one of multiple identical oval insert lids for corresponding bowl inserts being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes and forming no part of the claimed design, and with two oval inserts situated adjacent opposite ends of the heated server base unit housing, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, server control knobs, server lid holders, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 16 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 15 , with the top housing section, including bosses that receive the lid holders, and the bottom housing section, including an intermediate rear-facing opening, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 17 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 18 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-17 , with the lid holders being removed, and with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 19 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-18 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 20 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-19 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 21 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-20 , with the lid holders being removed;
FIG. 22 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, including bosses that receive lid holders, server control knobs, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
›FIG. 23 is a rear perspective of the…
FIG. 23 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 22 ;
FIG. 24 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22 and 23 ;
FIG. 25 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-24 , with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 26 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-25 ;
FIG. 27 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-26 ; and,
FIG. 28 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-27 .
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