Patent ID: 9642490
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A23B,A23L,A47J,B25H

Claim:
1. A food defrosting tray comprising: a tray body adapted for placement of a frozen food thereon, the tray body including a plurality of heat transfer pieces formed of metal, each of the plurality of heat transfer pieces including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end along a longitudinal axis, wherein each of the plurality of heat transfer pieces further includes an upper surface on which the frozen food is adapted to be placed, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a plurality of cooling fins are spaced at a fixed interval and extending from the lower surface opposite to the upper surface to lower ends; and two conjunction members respectively engaging with the first and second ends of each of the plurality of heat transfer pieces, each of the conjunction members including a sheath made of a pliable material different than the metal of the tray body, wherein the sheath includes a conjunct slot formed in a front end thereof having a shape which corresponds to a shape of one of the first and second ends for slideably receiving the one of the first and second ends and a rear end which is closed, a collapsible portion formed between and linking two adjacent sheaths, wherein the collapsible portion includes a first fixed part and a second fixed part which are respectively formed at outer ends of the two adjacent sheaths, the first fixed part detachably coupled with the second fixed part, wherein the first fixed part includes a cross-bar portion and a straight-bar portion extending from one of the outer ends of the two adjacent sheaths and connected to a middle section of the cross-bar portion, the cross-bar portion spaced from and parallel to one of the outer ends of the two adjacent sheaths, wherein the second fixed part includes two hooks spaced from each other to define a space and collectively extending from one of the outer ends of another of the two adjacent sheaths, each of hooks defining an opening parallel to one of the outer ends of the other of the two adjacent sheaths, wherein the openings of the two hooks have a size for passage of the cross-bar portion, and the straight-bar portion moveably received in the space between the hooks and the cross-bar portion rotatably received in the two hooks.