Patent ID: 8286548
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A47J,H05B

Abstract:
1. A cooking appliance comprising: a first heating assembly having a first cooking surface; a second heating assembly having a second cooking surface and defining a receiving aperture, the second heating assembly being operatively connected to the first heating assembly, wherein the first heating assembly is translatable relative to the second heating assembly; and a guide post having a defined length extending from the first heating assembly, wherein the receiving aperture is configured to receive the guide post and sliding of the guide post into the receiving aperture causes the first heating assembly to translate in a substantially linear manner and to be maintained in a substantially parallel relationship relative to the second heating assembly during translation of the first heating assembly from a first operative position to a second operative position in which the first cooking surface is secured to and abuts the second cooking surface and wherein the guide post is configured to enable the first heating assembly to maintain a third operative position in which the first heating assembly is spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the second heating assembly, and wherein the length of the guide post governs a distance between the first heating assembly and the second heating assembly when the first heating assembly is in the third operative position.