Patent ID: 6523458
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A portable toast warmer comprising:a lower part including: a means for detachably coupling together said lower part and an upper part; and a first electric circuit comprising: a means for transmitting electromagnetic energy from said lower part to said upper part; and an electrical power cable attached to said lower part, the proximate end of said electrical power cable operatively connected to said means of transmitting energy from said lower part to said upper part, said electrical power cable for inputting electrical power from a remote electrical power source; and said upper part including: a base having a top surface and a bottom; and a plurality of walls connected to the top of said base, each wall is attached to the top surface of said base at a substantially perpendicular alignment relative to the top surface of said base and each wall is aligned substantially parallel to all of the other walls wherein said plurality of walls forming a plurality of slots between adjacent walls, whereby each slot is capable of holding a foodstuff slice; a second electrical circuit comprising: a battery mounted on said base; a means for receiving transmitted electromagnetic energy, said means of receiving transmitted electromagnetic energy operatively connected to said battery; a plurality of heating elements mounted on said plurality of walls, said plurality of heating elements operatively connected to said battery; and an electrical switching means operatively connected to said battery, to said means for receiving transmitted electromagnetic energy and to said plurality of heating elements, wherein said electrical switching means for directing a portion of the received electromagnetic energy from said means for receiving transmitted electromagnetic energy to said plurality of heating elements when said upper part is coupled together with said lower part, whereby said plurality of heating elements are capable of warming any foodstuff slice held in any of said plurality of slots in said upper part when said upper part is coupled together with said lower part, and wherein said electrical switching means for directing a secondary electrical current from said battery to said plurality of heating elements when said upper part is physically detached from said lower part, whereby said plurality of heating elements are capable of heating any toasted foodstuff slice held in any of said plurality of slots in said upper part when said upper part is physically detached from said lower part.