Patents by Inventor Robert Craig Bontrager

Robert Craig Bontrager has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9772112
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance that includes an oven cavity, at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity, and a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity. The door includes a first glass pane spaced from a second glass pane to define a space therebetween. The cooking appliance further includes a blower configured to move air through the space between the first glass pane and the second glass pane. The door includes a longitudinal axis that is substantially vertical when the door is in the closed position and the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Tommaso Raggi, Robert Craig Bontrager, Ronald Gene Brant
  • Publication number: 20150020792
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance that includes an oven cavity, at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity, and a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity. The door includes a first glass pane spaced from a second glass pane to define a space therebetween. The cooking appliance further includes a blower configured to move air through the space between the first glass pane and the second glass pane. The door includes a longitudinal axis that is substantially vertical when the door is in the closed position and the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Tommaso Raggi, Robert Craig Bontrager, Ronald Gene Brant