See-through toaster
The see-through toaster is particularly useful for toasting food to the desired completeness, and for avoiding excessive toasting of food, which may result in food waste. Viewing food as it is being toasted may provide a pleasurable culinary experience.
The broken or dashed lines showing environment is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design. Orientation descriptions of the feature elements using words “top”, “front”, or “back”, are purely for illustration corresponding to specific drawings as filed and should not unduly limit the claimed design thereof.
Claims
The ornamental design for a see-through toaster, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 28, 2012
Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
Assignee: Eldon Coppersmith (Lakewood, CO)
Inventor: Eldon Coppersmith (Lakewood, CO)
Primary Examiner: Ricky Pham
Application Number: 29/433,408