Patent ID: 7285757

Claim:
An electric heating element system comprising: a bottom wall including a central recessed portion; an electric heating element positioned on the wall in the central recessed portion; a compressible, nonbonding and heat resistant gasket positioned on the wall about the periphery of the central recessed portion; a glass panel removably positioned over the electric heating element and on the gasket: a flexible frame being a sheet having inner and outer peripheral portions bent downwardly mounted to the wall and held on an upper surface of the glass panel about the perimeter thereof and extending outwardly over an adjacent portion of the wall; and fasteners mounting the flexible frame to the wall between the inner and outer peripheral portions and the fasteners causing the flexible frame and glass panel to partially compress the gasket to resiliently support the glass panel; an enclosure including top, sides, rear walls, the bottom wall and an open front wall with a door.