>"3. There is no such thing as "a patent on toast". It's a downright shame that the authors didn't think to double check that with someone who, y'know, real understands how patents work. But oh look, amongst other things, M-CAM sells "patent risk management" services! No, not a conflict of interest there at all."
Sounds like a toaster where you move the bread away from the element rather than turn the element off. E.g. what happens in thousands of bread/toast factories around the world.
And not having looked at the spec, it is possible that the claims might be construed in a way that won't cover how you or I would usually make "toast."
Bread refreshing method US 6080436 A
http://www.google.ca/patents/US6080436