Patent ID: 7064296
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. An oven comprising: an oven box having a plurality of closed sides and at least one substantially open side; a heating implement contained within the oven box; and a flexible oven door, the oven door being adapted to move between open and closed positions, a substantial portion of the oven door being contained within a space adjacent and generally parallel a closed side of the plurality of closed sides when in the open position, and the oven door substantially covering the open side when in the closed position; wherein (i) the oven door comprises a plurality of articulated segments; (ii) the oven further comprises (a) two opposing tracks coupled with an oven door framework that at least partially surrounds the oven door, and (b) a plurality of rollers, each including an axle, adapted to roll in the two opposing tracks, the plurality of rollers being coupled to the plurality of articulated segments of the oven door; and (iii) adjacent articulating segments are pivotally coupled to each other by way of the axles.