Patent ID: 7958673

Claim:
A product server for holding and displaying food products, the product server comprising a front customer side, a rear employee side, a cabinet having a food preparation surface adjacent the employee side of the product server for the preparation of food orders, a breath guard pivotally attached to said product server generally near said front customer side of the product server for movement between a lowered generally horizontal position covering said food products held by the product server and a raised position, said breath guard having a breath guard configuration such that when it is in said raised position it provides a barrier to contamination of the food products by customers on the customer side of the product server while allowing access to said food products by employees on the employee side of the product server, the breath guard being sufficiently transparent to allow viewing of the food products from the customer side of the product server, and wherein when the breath guard is pivoted toward said raised position it extends from generally near said front customer side of the product server in an upward direction toward the rear employee side of the product server for allowing access to said food products from the employee side of the product server, wherein said breath guard comprises a single elongate panel extending from adjacent one end of the cabinet to adjacent an opposite end of the cabinet for covering a plurality of food pans when the breath guard is in said lowered position, a plurality of food pans in the cabinet, said breath guard being configured such that when it is in its lowered position it overlies the food pans but not said food preparation surface adjacent the employee side of the product server, an upper frame extending up from the cabinet near the front customer side of the product server, said upper frame comprising upright side frame members at opposite sides of the upper frame, and upright side panels on the upright side frame members at opposite sides of the upper frame, said breath guard being disposed between said upright side frame members and between said upright side panels when the breath guard is in its raised and lowered positions.