MULTIPURPOSE COOKING GRILL

• US 3,641,922 A
• Filed: 03/19/1970
• Issued: 02/15/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John Stanley Nachazel, Thomas Stanley Nachazel
• Original Assignee: John Stanley Nachazel, Thomas Stanley Nachazel
• Inventors: Nachazel, Thomas Stanley, Nachazel, John Stanley
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilhite, Billy J.
• Application Number:
  US05/020,976
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 99/339,340,385,393,400,402,446,450,422,449,425 126/9,9A,9B,25,25A,30 211/176,181 287/58CT 248/157,411,413
• US Class Current: 99/340
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0772 for use in a fireplace

Abstract

A cooking grill of the type for both indoor use over the fire on the grate of a fireplace and outdoor use over an open fire comprises a forward post which is adjustable in height, a grid extending horizontally from the top of the post, and a plate extending horizontally from the bottom. The post comprises overlapping half sections and is provided with an insulated handle threaded on a stud attached to the top half section and slidable along a slot in the bottom section, the post sections are clamped together by tightening the handle and quick adjustment during use is facilitated by the handle assembly.

Claims

1. A food-cooking support for alternatively holding food over an outdoor fire and over a fireplace fire comprising a vertical post having overlapped front and rear relatively adjustable sections for changing the height of the post, means for preventing relative rotation of said sections with respect to one another, a grill attached to and extending horizontally away from one of said sections at the outer end thereof, a bottom support member attached to and extending horizontally from the outer end of the other of said sections, a vertical slot in said front section, a threaded stud engaging said rear section and held against rotation with respect to said post and extending through said slot, and a handle extending horizontally from said post and threaded on said stud whereby said handle when tightened on said stud clamps said sections together and may readily be loosened to afford sliding adjustment of said sections with respect to one another for adjusting the height of said post.

2. A food-cooking support as set forth in claim 1 wherein said grill comprises a frame and horizontal parallel wires constituting the top surface of said grill and extending from the front to the rear of said grill and away from said post.

3. A food-cooking support as set forth in claim 2 wherein the rear ends of said grill wires extend beyond the rear edge of the frame and are turned upwardly to provide stops for facilitating the handling of food being cooked on the grill.

4. A food-cooking support as set forth in claim 1 wherein said bottom support comprises a detachable and reversible shallow pan with upwardly extending sidewalls whereby when said cooking support is reversed with said grill serving as the bottom support said pan maY also be reversed to constitute a cooking pan for collecting melted fat formed therein.

5. A food-cooking support for alternatively holding food over an outdoor fire and over a fireplace fire comprising a vertical post comprising overlapped upper and lower relatively adjustable sections for changing the height of the post, said sections each being made of flat sheet metal, a grill attached to and extending horizontally away from one of said sections at the outer end thereof, a bottom support member attached to and extending horizontally from the outer end of the other of said sections, a vertical slot in one of said sections, a threaded stud engaging the other of said sections and passing through said slot, means for preventing relative rotation of said sections with respect to one another, means for preventing rotation of said stud with respect to said post, said stud extending outwardly from said post away from said grill and said support member, and a handle extending horizontally from said post and threaded on said stud whereby said handle when tightened on said stud clamps said sections together and may readily be loosened to afford sliding adjustment of said sections with respect to one another for adjusting the height of said post.

6. A food-cooking support as set forth in claim 5 wherein said grill comprises a frame and horizontal parallel wires constituting the top surface of said grill and extending from the front to the rear of said grill and away from said post.

7. A food-cooking support as set forth in claim 6 wherein the rear ends of said grill wires extend beyond the rear edge of the frame and are turned upwardly to provide stops for facilitating the handling of food being cooked on the grill.

8. A food-cooking support as set forth in claim 5 wherein said bottom support comprises a detachable and reversible shallow pan with upwardly extending sidewalls whereby when said cooking support is reversed with said grill serving as the bottom support said pan may also be reversed to constitute a cooking pan for collecting melted fat formed therein.

9. A food-cooking support as set forth in claim 5 wherein said means for preventing relative rotation of said sections with respect to one another includes portions of one of said sections on opposite edges thereof bent about the other of said sections to provide guides.

10. A food-cooking support as set forth in claim 5 wherein the means for attaching said grill and said bottom support to the respective ones of said post sections comprises end portions of each section bent to extend normal to the main portion thereof and means for attaching said bent portions to said grill and said bottom member respectively.