Abstract

A foldable mattress support includes a headboard, a central hinge portion and first and second portions of a bedboard frame. The first and second portions are pivotally attached to the central hinge. A longer first strut is pivotally attached at a first location to a side bar of the first portion and at a third location to a post of the headboard. A shorter second strut is pivotally attached at a second location to the side bar and at a fourth location to the post. The second location is closer to the head end of the first portion than is the first location, and the fourth location is closer to the top of the post than is the third location. The struts rotate the headboard from an unfolded state that is perpendicular to the first portion down to being parallel and adjacent to the first portion in a collapsed state.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47C 19/12 - Folding bedsteads
• A47C 17/40 - Wall beds having balancing members, e.g. weights, springs
• A47C 17/68 - Travelling or camp beds only the legs being foldable

Abstract

A cooking system includes a cooking chamber, a supportive base, a cooling module, a heating module, a temperature sensor, a cooking control module and a flexible vessel. The cooling module is thermally coupled with the cooking chamber to reduce temperature in one or more regions thereof, while the heating module is thermally coupled with the cooking chamber to increase temperature in one or more regions thereof. Moreover, the temperature sensor is thermally coupled with the cooking chamber to measure temperature in one or more regions thereof. The cooking control module is arranged to adjust temperature of the cooking chamber through the cooling module and the heating module. Moreover, the flexible vessel includes an opening, and is sized and dimensioned to fit within the cooking chamber. The flexible vessel is constructed from a material impervious to liquids.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 27/00 - Cooking-vessels

Abstract

A method for "sous-vide" cooking includes receiving food type, food quantity, cook begin time, and cook finish time parameters and looking up a default time- temperature pair in a cooking services database. When the default time-temperature pair is suitable for yielding a cooked food meeting the food type, food quantity, cook begin time, and cook finish time parameters, a cooking control routine is derived from the default time-temperature pair. Subsequently, a cooking process may be performed in accordance with the cooking control routine.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A23L 1/01 - General methods of cooking foods, e.g. by roasting or frying (methods specialized to particular food, see the relevant subgroups);;
• A47J 27/10 - Cooking-vessels with water-bath arrangements for domestic use