Patent ID: 6397732
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A toaster for bread so as to form toasted bread with a color, comprising:a) a housing; b) a carriage operatively connected in said housing for racking the bread to be toasted, c) a timer operatively connected to said housing for setting how long the bread is to be toasted so as to form the toasted bread with the color; d) an audio alarm operatively connected to said housing and in electrical communication with said timer for activating eight seconds before termination of toasting so as to give a user ample time to reach said toaster up until toasting is terminated so as to prevent the toasted bread from getting cold, and e) a color selector operatively connected to said housing and in electrical communication with said carriage for selecting the color of the toasted bread; wherein said housing is rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, and as a result thereof, has: i) a base that is horizontally-oriented and has four corners; ii) a pair of end walls that are vertically-oriented and extend upwardly from said base thereof, iii) a pair of side walls that are vertically-oriented and extend upwardly from said base thereof, of which one is a front panel; and iv) a top wall that is horizontally-oriented and extends across said pair of end walls thereof and said pair of side walls thereof; wherein said top wall of said housing has four bread slots therethrough that are rectangular-shaped, parallel to, and spaced-apart from, each other, and communicate with said carriage; and wherein said four bread slots in said top wall of said housing comprise: i) three fixed bread slots, each of which being of a different width for accommodating different sized and shaped breads, and ii) an adjustable bread slot for adjusting to accommodate for sized and shaped breads not fitting into any of said three fixed bread slots thereof.