Patent ID: 6935874

Claim:
A cooking assembly comprising: a base member; a tray unit mounted detachably on said base member, and including a cooking tray and a socket that is fixed securely to said cooking tray and that has a socket casing formed with a plug hole that defines a plug path therein; a plug insertable releasably into said plug hole in said socket casing along said plug path for establishing electrical connection with said tray unit; and a safety device including at least one spring-biased latch mounted movably in said socket casing, having first and second engaging ends, and movable in a transverse direction relative to said plug path between a first position, in which said first engaging end of said latch is disposed at a position within said plug path, thereby permitting contact between said first engaging end of said latch and said plug when said plug is inserted into said plug hole in said socket casing, and in which said second engaging end of said latch is disengaged from said base member, and a second position, in which said first engaging end of said latch is disposed at a position outside said plug path, and in which said second engaging end of said latch engages said base member.