Patent ID: 9255712
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: F24C

Claim Text:
1. An oven appliance, the oven appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the oven appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a chamber for receipt of food items for cooking, said cabinet also defining an opening, the chamber of said cabinet being accessible through the opening of said cabinet; a heating element for providing heat to food items in the chamber of said cabinet; a first door mounted proximate the opening of said cabinet, said first door having an inner surface and an outer surface, said first door also having a sidewall that extends between and connects the inner and outer surfaces of said first door, said first door further having a tongue, the tongue of said first door positioned on the sidewall of said first door and extending away from the sidewall of said first door, said tongue spaced apart from both the inner and outer surfaces of said first door, the tongue of said first door defining a series of apertures, the series of apertures dispersed on the tongue along the vertical direction; and a second door mounted proximate the opening of said cabinet, said second door having an interior surface and an exterior surface said second door also having a spanning wall that extends between and connects the interior and exterior surfaces of said second door, the spanning wall of said second door defining a groove configured for receipt of the tongue of said first door when said first and second doors are in a closed position, the groove of the spanning wall spaced apart from both the interior and exterior surfaces of said second door, the spanning wall of said second door defining a series of openings positioned within the groove of said second door, the series of openings dispersed within the groove along the vertical direction.