Patent ID: 7385160

Claim:
A food holding cabinet having a heating chamber for holding a covered food tray therein, comprising: a housing that defines the heating chamber and a heating chamber opening for access to the heating chamber, the heating chamber including a front portion, a rear portion, and at least one tray location for receiving a food tray, and a pair of rigid support structures mounted to the housing for suspending a tray cover in the heating chamber in a position above the at least one tray location, the pair of support structures including a front support structure positioned adjacent to and extending across the front of the heating chamber opening, such that when a food tray is inserted into the food tray location and under a suspended tray cover, the food tray will engage a bottom portion of the tray cover and lift it upwardly off of the pair of support structures such that the tray cover is supported by the food tray, and such that as the underlying food tray is removed from the heating chamber, the front support structure engages and prevents the tray cover from being removed from the heating chamber along with the food tray, and the support structures resume suspension of the tray cover.