Patent ID: 7322820

Claim:
A burner with a plurality of fingers, comprising: a burner head; a base supporting said plurality of base fingers around an opening through which gas flows from a fuel source to said burner head, each of said base fingers extending outwardly relative to said opening with each said base finger having an interior that is not in communication with said opening such that, when said base is mounted in a fixed position with respect to a cooktop surface of a counter top, fluid leakage between an interior of the cooktop and the surroundings of the cooktop via one of said base fingers is substantially foreclosed; said burner head having burner head fingers corresponding in number to said plurality of base fingers of said base and having a peripheral wall with a second plurality of ports positioned along both sides of the peripheral wall of each one of said plurality of burner head fingers, said burner head being in communication with said opening of said base for the flow of gas from a fuel source to said burner head; said second plurality of ports formed continuously and substantially evenly spaced around each of said burner head fingers formed in said burner head and each of said ports formed as a slot in an upper portion of said peripheral wall of said burner head; a cap having a plurality of overlapping fingers corresponding in number to said plurality of burner head fingers and having a lip extending laterally beyond peripheral wall of said burner head; and a plurality of flame vents connecting adjacent ports along said peripheral wall of said burner head.