Patent ID: 7012218

Claim:
A warmed display fixture comprising: a housing comprising a low font wall, a back wall higher than the front wall, a bottom wall, a top wall, and end walls forming a display compartment, said housing having an opening providing access to the display compartment from outside the housing; a stepped panel within said display compartment dividing the compartment into an upper air well above said stepped panel and a lower air well below said stepped panel; an air passageway having an inlet opening above said stepped panel and an outlet opening below said stepped panel, the front, back, bottom, and end walls, and the stepped panel forming the passageway between said inlet and outlet openings; said stepped panel comprising horizontal steps and risers therebetween; said stepped panel also comprising heaters mounted beneath the horizontal steps; a coil heater arid a least one fan to circulate air over said coil heater, in said air inlet opening, under said stepped panel, and out said outlet opening.