Multiple crock buffet server

- Select Brands, Inc.
Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with an intermediate oval server bowl insert being shown in broken lines so that the claimed design covers a buffet server with two or more oval server bowl inserts situated adjacent opposite ends of the heated server base unit housing, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, server control knobs, server lid holders, oval insert lids received by the bowl inserts, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 1, with the top housing section, including bosses that receive the lid holders, and the bottom housing section, including an intermediate rear-facing opening, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-3, with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design, and with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-4, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-5, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 7 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 1-6, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 8 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with the buffet server being depicted as intermediately fragmented along its length so that the claimed design covers various buffet server housing lengths and covers a buffet server with two or more oval server bowl inserts, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, server control knobs, server lid holders, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 9 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 8, with the top housing section, including bosses that receive the lid holders, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 10 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 11 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-10, with the lid holders being removed, and with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-11, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 13 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-12, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 14 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 8-13, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 15 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with an intermediate oval bowl insert being shown in broken lines so that the claimed design covers a buffet server with two or more oval server bowl inserts, with one of multiple identical oval insert lids for corresponding bowl inserts being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes and forming no part of the claimed design, and with two oval inserts situated adjacent opposite ends of the heated server base unit housing, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, server control knobs, server lid holders, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 16 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 15, with the top housing section, including bosses that receive the lid holders, and the bottom housing section, including an intermediate rear-facing opening, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 17 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 18 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-17, with the lid holders being removed, and with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 19 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-18, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 20 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-19, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 21 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 15-20, with the lid holders being removed;

FIG. 22 is a front perspective of a multiple crock buffet server embodying my design, with top and bottom housing sections of the heated server base unit housing, including bosses that receive lid holders, server control knobs, oval liners that receive the bowl inserts, and outer handle surfaces and a radial groove of each bowl insert being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 23 is a rear perspective of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIG. 22;

FIG. 24 is a top view of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22 and 23;

FIG. 25 is a front elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-24, with multiple housing feet of the bottom housing section that project downwardly from the body of the bottom housing section, being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 26 is a right side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-25;

FIG. 27 is a rear elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-26; and,

FIG. 28 is a left side elevation of the multiple crock buffet server shown in FIGS. 22-27.

Claims

The ornamental design for a multiple crock buffet server, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D97530 November 1935 Knapp
D101329 September 1936 Cory
D107453 December 1937 Preston
D132252 May 1942 Faunce
D167077 June 1952 Gunther
D171000 December 1953 Levine
2662717 December 1953 Johnson
2731539 January 1956 Pavelka, Jr.
4145603 March 20, 1979 Mackay et al.
D260958 September 29, 1981 Nishikawa
D272978 March 13, 1984 Gremponrez et al.
4850556 July 25, 1989 Otani et al.
5203257 April 20, 1993 Goad
D420246 February 8, 2000 Alonge et al.
D425360 May 23, 2000 Dobson et al.
D437181 February 6, 2001 Park
D481264 October 28, 2003 Morgan
D488670 April 20, 2004 Chan
D507452 July 19, 2005 Chan
D511643 November 22, 2005 Ball et al.
D513151 December 27, 2005 Currie
D537670 March 6, 2007 Genslak et al.
D541585 May 1, 2007 Lee
D566459 April 15, 2008 Doo
D567016 April 22, 2008 Chan
D575579 August 26, 2008 Ball
D607266 January 5, 2010 Picozza et al.
D610395 February 23, 2010 Perkins
D610867 March 2, 2010 Chan
D614909 May 4, 2010 Lavy
D617134 June 8, 2010 Perkins
D642424 August 2, 2011 Lavy et al.
D645298 September 20, 2011 Saboe et al.
D648981 November 22, 2011 Lavy et al.
D651039 December 27, 2011 O'Neill et al.
D651845 January 10, 2012 O'Neill et al.
D655972 March 20, 2012 Foy
8242415 August 14, 2012 Tippmann et al.
20070221667 September 27, 2007 Xu
20080169280 July 17, 2008 Barnes et al.
20090272749 November 5, 2009 Romandy et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D669731
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 13, 2011
Date of Patent: Oct 30, 2012
Assignee: Select Brands, Inc. (Lenexa, KS)
Inventors: W. Eric Endres (Olathe, KS), Mark T. Krasne (Kansas City, MO), William S. Endres (Leawood, KS)
Primary Examiner: Ricky Pham
Attorney: Hovey Williams LLP
Application Number: 29/383,204
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/364; D7/362