Patent ID: 9482436
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: F24C

Claim Text:
1. An oven appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, each perpendicular to one another, the oven appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a cooking chamber and a cooking chamber opening, the cooking chamber configured for receipt of items to be cooked through the cooking chamber opening, the cabinet further comprising a first wall and a second wall spaced along the lateral direction, the first and second walls at least partially defining the cooking chamber, the first wall additionally defining a central plane extending in the vertical and transverse directions and a protrusion extending outwardly from the central plane in a direction away from the second wall, the protrusion including a near section and a far section, the near section positioned closer to the cooking chamber opening defined by the cabinet than the far section; and a lighting system with at least a portion positioned adjacent to or extending through the near section of the protrusion in the first wall such that the lighting system is obstructed from view generally along the central plane of the first wall from the cooking chamber opening; wherein the near section of the protrusion in the first wall defines an opening, and wherein the lighting system includes a light source spaced apart from the opening in the near section of the protrusion in the first wall along the lateral direction away from the cooking chamber.