Patent ID: 6272978
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A21B

Abstract:
A new and improved cone cupcake baker comprising, in combination:a housing having large parallel front and rear walls in a rectangular configuration with long horizontal edges and short vertical edges, the housing having essentially square shaped side panels with horizontal edges and vertical edges coupled to the vertical edges of the front and rear panels, a support plate of a rectangular configuration in a horizontal orientation is positioned within the walls adjacent to the upper edges thereof, the support plate having two rows of apertures with six apertures in each row, the apertures adapted to support ice cream cones with the base of each ice cream cone spaced separately from the lower edges of the panels;support rods extending outwardly from the side, front and rear panels and extending downwardly therefrom to a common elevational orientation beneath the lower edges of the panels;horizontal handles positioned on the side panels adjacent to the upper edges thereof, the handles extending outwardly to an extent greater than the lateral positioning of the lower supports;a lid of a transparent elastomeric material having an upper rectangular plate of a size essentially to that of the housing and with downwardly extending front, rear and side plates in a rectangular configuration to cover the upper surface of the housing, the lower edges of the vertical plates extending outwardly and downwardly for positioning over the upper edges of the housing;a handle having ends secured to the upper rectangular plate of the lid adjacent to the side plates; anda resilient locking assembly between the lid and the housing, the locking assembly including inverted L-shaped fingers coupled to the side panels with springs urging the fingers toward the lid and with the lid formed with rectilinear recesses formed in the side plates with horizontal ledges adapted to receive horizontal ends of the fingers for locking purposes, the fingers and recesses as well as the handle being in a common central vertical plane.