Patent on Toast. yep, that's right.

Posted by Darth Something Cool But Evil on August 27, 2012 02:54 pm 6

This patent was issued in 2000 (yep 2000 A.D). It seemed like an amusing and light-hearted segue from the recent seriousness of patent lawsuits;

1. A method of refreshing bread products, comprising:

a) placing a bread product in an oven having at least one heating element,b) setting the temperature of the heating elements between 2500 F. and 4500 F., andc) ceasing exposure of the bread product to the at least one heating element after a period of 3 sec. to 90 sec.

Link: Patent on toast

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