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Is a toaster patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a toaster have been patented many times, but "a toaster" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 371 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “toaster” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 283 best keyword matches we examined, 65 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: SEB SA (14), LG ELECTRONICS INC (11), HAMILTON BEACH PROCTOR SILEX (8), BSH BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE (6).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A47J (268), H05B (43), F24C (26), A23L (12).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a toaster
- Toaster with bread lift mechanism US-2024382040-A1 2024 · BREVILLE R & D PTY LTD
There is disclosed herein a toaster (2) for toasting bread or other food, the toaster (2) comprising: a body (4) having an upward facing slot (6) to receive a slice of bread or a food to be toasted; a carriage (16) mounted in the …
View on Google Patents - Electric ejection bread toaster WO-2017083884-A1 2017 · DE JAGER SEAN
The invention provides an electric ejection bread toaster (10) comprising a body (12) defining at least one slot (14) for receiving a slice of bread to be placed on a seat (18) which seat (18) is movable in the slot (14) between a…
View on Google Patents - Toaster with independently controllable heating elements US-9215951-B2 2015 · KORBIN WILLIAM S
A toaster having a body portion engageable over a housing with slots sized for bread passage therethrough aligned with cavities on said house sized to accommodate the bread for toasting. Individually controlled heating elements on…
View on Google Patents - Manual bread-toaster, with lid US-8631737-B2 2014 · ZHANG GEORGE MOHAN
The bread toaster includes a toaster frame defining at least one toaster slot for selectively receiving the bread slice, a heating device, and a lid arrangement. The lid arrangement includes a front and a rear sliding member, a pl…
View on Google Patents - Combination bread toaster and steamer device and method WO-2006089300-A3 2007 · BACK TO BASICS PRODUCTS INC
A combination bread toaster and steamer device (10, 10b, 10c) includes a pair of vertically oriented bread slots (26, 26b, 26c) extending into a housing (22, 22b, 22c) from a top of the housing; means for elevating and lowering br…
View on Google Patents - Combination bread toaster and steamer device US-7250588-B2 2007 · BACK TO BASICS PRODUCTS LLC
A combination bread toaster and steamer device includes a pair of vertically oriented bread slots extending into a housing from a top of the housing; means for elevating and lowering bread in the bread slots; a steamer compartment…
View on Google Patents - Accessory for a conventional automatic bread toaster US-2006201338-A1 2006 · LEVINSON MELVIN L
At least one removable accessory foodstuff holder is inserted into one slot of a conventional automatic toaster. When in place the foodstuff holder shields one side of a foodstuff from direct exposure to infrared radiation from on…
View on Google Patents - Heating element and electric toaster with thermal insulation US-6992271-B2 2006 · SEB SA
A heating element composed of at least one mica sheet and a heating ribbon, or strip, mounted on the sheet, a support device holding the mica sheet and constituting a first reflector, and a plate secured to the support device and …
View on Google Patents - Bread toaster with motor-driven toast rack US-6868775-B2 2005 · CRASTAL TECHNOLOGY SHENZHEN CO
A toaster includes a toaster housing having a toaster slot for the bread slice disposing therein, a toasting device for toasting the bread slice in the toaster slot, and a toast racking arrangement including a bread supporting rac…
View on Google Patents - Electric toaster having movable heating elements US-6675700-B2 2004
A toaster has a chassis, a pair of end plates, a frame positioned in between and supported by the end plates. There is a pair of heating elements supported by the frame and a receiving bay between the frames. A carriage is movable…
View on Google Patents - Toaster having guides with bread supports US-2003213791-A1 2003 · SUNBEAM PRODUCTS INC
A safety mechanism for a toaster that permits breaking of the circuit to the heating elements of the toaster even when a piece of toast is jammed within one of the slots of the toaster. A support surface is provided upon which a p…
View on Google Patents - Food heating appliance particularly useful as a bread toaster US-6311609-B1 2001 · HOME CARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
A food handling appliance particularly useful as a toaster, includes a food compartment for receiving a food article to be heated, at least one heating element ( 43 b ) located laterally of the food compartment for heating a foo…
View on Google Patents - Toaster assembly and method for toasting bread products US-6205910-B1 2001 · STAR MFG INT INC
A toaster/heater assembly for toasting and heating food products has a housing containing a frame, and a heating chamber having a toaster/heater ensemble which heats two compartments of the chamber. The ensemble has a middle unit …
View on Google Patents - A multifunctional automatic bread toaster WO-0071009-A1 2000 · HUO JINGQING
A multifunctional automatic bread toaster includes a housing, a door frame, a body, a bread-pail (i.e. a rotary baking plate), a heating pipe, a door, a base plate, supporting legs, a main motor and a control board, wherein a devi…
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a toaster been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Kitchen gadgets are a crowded, mature field; novelty usually sits in one specific mechanism, the material, or how two familiar functions are combined.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.