Cookie baking sheet with cookie slide-off ramp
View Patent ↗A cookie baking sheet is formed of substantially flat heat-resistant material including a baking surface in a first plane and defining a rolled peripheral edge and a baking area within the peripheral edge. A generally upright wall is integrally formed with the sheet material and extends along only a first portion of the periphery. This wall defines an upper edge contained within a second plane that is inclined relative to and meeting the first plane substantially along a second portion of the periphery. The upright wall is provided with a variable vertical height from a maximum predetermined height to a minimum predetermined height relative to said first plane. This variable height wall substantially encloses the baking area along the first portion of the peripheral edge. In the disclosed embodiment the baking sheet is rectangular and the upright wall extends along three of the sides while the fourth side is not founded by a wall. Baked cookies can only be slid off or pushed off into a receptacle without lifting the cookies along this second peripheral portion or fourth side, which serves as a slide-off chute or ramp.
1. A cookie baking sheet comprising:
a baking sheet ( 10 ) fabricated from a substantially flat heat-resistance material to provide a baking surface ( 12 ) disposed in a horizontal first plane (P 1 ) for baking cookies thereon;
a generally upright wall ( 16 ) that extends vertically upwards from said baking surface ( 12 ) to a peripheral edge ( 14 ) along an upper portion of said baking sheet ( 10 ) to provide a baking area within said baking sheet ( 10 );
said peripheral edge ( 14 ) being disposed in an inclined second plane (P 2 ) that is inclined relative to said first plane (P 1 ) to provide a specific angle of inclination therebetween so that said upright wall ( 16 ) has a variable vertical height between said first and second planes (P 1 , P 2 ) from a maximum predetermined height (H 1 ) to a minimum predetermined height (H 2 ); and
chute means proximate to at least a portion of said upright wall ( 16 ) in the region of said minimum predetermined height (H 2 ) that forms a generally smooth and gradual transition between said baking surface and said peripheral edge ( 14 ) for allowing cookies baked on said baking surface ( 12 ) to be slid off or pushed off said baking surface ( 12 ) over said peripheral edge without lifting or damaging the baked cookies.
2. A cookie baking sheet according to claim 1 , wherein said baking sheet ( 10 ) has a substantially rectangular shape so that said upright wall ( 16 ) provides three sides ( 12 a , 12 b , 12 c ) of the said baking sheet ( 10 ).
3. A cookie baking sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a fourth side ( 12 d ) of said baking sheet ( 10 ) is disposed opposite one side ( 12 c ) of the said three sides so that said fourt side ( 12 d ) is adjacent to said upright wall ( 16 ) having said minimum predetermined height (H 2 ) to provide ramp means for baked cookies to be slid off or pushed off from said baking surface ( 12 ) into a receptacle without lifting the cookies, said ramp means being a slide-off chute or ramp ( 22 ).
4. A cookie baking sheet according to claim 1 , wherein said baking surface 12 is provided with non-stick coating means ( 30 ) that co-acts with said specific angle of inclination to assist the user thereof when the baked cookies are being slid off or pushed off from the baking surface ( 12 ) without damaging the baked cookies.
5. A cookie baking sheet according to claim 1 , wherein said peripheral edge ( 4 ) is a rolled free edge ( 14 ′).
6. A cookie baking sheet according to claim 1 , wherein said chute means comprises a generally smooth surface that is substantially inclined in the general direction of said baking surface.
7. A cookie baking sheet according to claim 6 , wherein said chute means surface has a slight curvature.
8. A cookie baking sheet according to claim 6 , wherein said chute means surfaces deviates from said first plane of said baking surface.