Food warming apparatus

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED ELECTRICAL FOOD WARMING APPARATUS HAVING A HEATING ELEMENT CONNECTABLE ACROSS A POWER SOURCE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: A FIRST MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS AND A BACK WALL EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN TO DEFINE A BOX-LIKE MEMBER OPEN AT EITHER END AND ALONG THE FACE OPPOSITE THE BACK WALL, SAID SIDE WALLS TERMINATING IN A FREE END SPACED FROM SAID BACK WALL, EACH SAID FREE AND HAVING FLANGES ALONG AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LENGTH THEREOF; AN INSULATING MATERIAL DISPOSED IN SAID FIRST MEMBER AGAINST THE BACK WALL; A REFLECTOR ELEMENT IN SAID FIRST MEMBER DISPOSED AGAINST THE INSULATING MATERIAL, SAID ELEMENT DEFINING EDGES IN SPACED APART RELATION, ONE EDGE BEING RECEIVED IN EACH FLANGED FREE END OF THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID FIRST MEMBER; AN END CAP MOUNTED IN EACH OPEN END OF THE FIRST MEMBER, EACH CAP HAVING RETAINER ELEMENTS AFFIXED THERETO, EACH OF THE RETAINERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE END CAPS AND ADJACENT SIDE WALL DEFINING A SUPPORT LEG RECEIVING SOCKETS HAVING AN OPEN END FACING THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE OPEN FACE OF THE FIRST MEMBER, ONE OF SAID END CAPS HAVING AN OPENING EXTENDING THERETHROUGH;