Modular grate arrangement for a five burner gas-on-glass cooking appliance
Granted 14 Sep 2004 · no office action yet
Assignee: Maytag Corporation
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Inventors: Dustin L. Hawkins, Theodore A. Becker, Jeffrey Ware, Inho Andy Shin · Examiner: Catherine R. Oliver · AU 2914 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view…
FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view of a five burner gas-on-glass cooktop showing our modular grate design formed from left and right, mirror image side grate portions, and a central grate ortion;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the left side portion of the modular grate of the invention, with the right side portion being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the left side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the left side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a right elevational view of the left side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a left elevational view of the left side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the left side portion of the modular grate portion of FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the central grate portion of the modular grate of the invention;
FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1.
FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1;
FIG. 11 is a right elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1;
FIG. 12 is a left elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1.
The broken lines in FIG. 1 showing gas valve control knobs and a cooktop, along with the support pegs for the left, right and central grate portions as shown in FIGS. 2-13, are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.
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