Patent ID: 7829823

Claim:
A heated food storage and display cabinet using heated air for the warming of food packs included therein, the cabinet comprising: a chamber having an open front, a rear wall and a floor, said chamber having an air flow route extending down said rear wall and across said floor toward said open front; an inwardly angled lip mounted proximate said open front and said floor; a heating element disposed above said chamber; and a flow inducer disposed proximate said heating element, said flow inducer configured to propel air through said heating element and along said air flow route so as to coact with said inwardly angled lip to provide a heated air curtain extending upwardly across at least a portion of said open front, wherein a portion of said air heated by said heating element passes into said chamber as said heated air moves down said rear wall and across said floor so as to pass over and around packs of food stored therein.