Patent ID: 6104001
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A bread guard for a heating appliance having a fixed structure, the bread guard comprising a resilient bread guard arm having a longitudinal axis and at least one cross member, each cross member being attached to the bread guard arm spaced apart from a first end of the cross member and at a point along the longitudinal axis of the bread guard arm, the bread guard arm being attached to the fixed structure to rotate about the longitudinal axis, the bread guard being operable responsive to a force applied to the arm to rotate a first direction about the longitudinal axis so that one of the cross members contacts a portion of the fixed structure and thereby applies a force to the cross member that causes the arm to bow placing the bread guard in an inward position, and the bread guard being operable when the applied force is removed to rotate a second direction about the longitudinal axis to an outward position responsive solely to a return force generated by the bowed bread guard arm.