CHARCOAL GRILL

• US 3,667,446 A
• Filed: 08/12/1970
• Issued: 06/06/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paul S. Morton
• Original Assignee: Paul S. Morton
• Inventors: Morton, Paul S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Myhre, Charles J.
• Application Number:
  US05/063,166
• Time in Patent Office: 664 Days
• Field of Search: 126/9R,25,25A,25B,25C,29
• US Class Current: 126/9.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/07 Roasting devices for outdoor use; Barbecues

Abstract

A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill having an open top base and a removable cover therefor. The grill construction also comprises an upstanding collapsible support member adapted to be mounted on the open top base when in a position of use around the perimeter of the open top, the support member being also adapted to collapse and be received in the open top base for storage therein. A charcoal holding grate is provided and is adapted to be removably mounted on the support member when in a position of use and further adapted to be receivable in the open top base along with the collapsed support member for storage therein. A food holding grill is also provided and adapted to be removably mounted on the support member when in a position of use and spaced upwardly from the charcoal holding grate. The food holding grill is also adapted to be receivable in the open top base along with the collapsed support member and the charcoal holding grate for storage therein. The base has a sufficient depth to permit the cover to cover the open top to thereby permit a storage of the collapsed support member, the charcoal holding grate means and the food holding grill means within the base. If desired, a charcoal collecting member may be provided and adapted to be removably mounted in the open top base below the charcoal holding grate when in the position of use.

Claims

1. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill comprising:

means defining an open top receptacle and a removable cover therefor;

upstanding support means adapted to be mounted on said receptacle means when in a position of use and surrounding said open top, said support means including means rendering same collapsible and receivable in said receptacle means for storage therein;

charcoal holding grate means mounted on said support means, said charcoal holding grate means being further adapted to be receivable in said receptacle means along with said collapsed support means for storage therein;

charcoal collecting means adapted to be removably mounted in said receptacle means below said charcoal holding grate means; and

food holding grill means adapted to be removably mounted on said support means when in a position of use and spaced upwardly from said charcoal holding grate means, said food holding grill means being further adapted to be receivable in said receptacle means along with said collapsed support means and said charcoal holding grate means for storage therein, said receptacle means having a sufficient depth to permit said cover means to cover said open top and to thereby permit a storage of Said support means, said charcoal holding grate means and said food holding grill means therewithin as well as to effect extinguishment of the heat source when said support means, said charcoal holding grate means and said food holding grill means are not present therewithin.

2. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 1, wherein said charcoal holding grate means includes means adapted to permit a dumping of charcoal from said charcoal holding grate means into said charcoal collecting means.

3. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 1, wherein said support means includes manually operable means adapted to effect a dumping of said charcoal from said charcoal holding grate means into said charcoal collecting means.

4. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 1, wherein said charcoal holding grate means are hingedly connected to said support means and movable between a position of supporting said charcoal thereon and a position for dumping said charcoal into said charcoal collecting means;

and wherein said support means includes manually operable means adapted to hold said pair of wire mesh grates in said position of supporting charcoal thereon when in a first position and permitting a movement of said pair of wire mesh grates to said dumping position when in a second position.

5. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 1, wherein said charcoal collecting means comprises a wire mesh container for collecting charcoal therein.

6. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 1, wherein said cover means is adapted to effectively seal said open top of said receptacle means when said support means, said charcoal holding grate means and said food holding grill means are separated from said receptacle means to thereby extinguish by suffocation charcoal deposited in said receptacle means.

7. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 1, including means defining a handle adapted to permit a carrying of said collapsed grill construction.

8. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 1, wherein said support means comprises a plurality of thin-walled panels each hingably connected to at least one other panel and adapted to be assembled into a closed-sided upstanding shell and further adapted to be collapsed to a position wherein said plurality of panels are parallel to each other.

9. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 9, wherein one of said panels has openings therethrough below said charcoal holding grate means to facilitate the flow of air up through said charcoal holding grate means when in said position of use to increase the burning efficiency of the charcoal.

10. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 8, wherein each of said panels has openings therethrough below said charcoal holding grate means to facilitate the flow of air up through said charcoal holding grate means when in said position of use to increase the burning efficiency of the charcoal.

11. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 8, wherein said support means comprises four equal sized panels, a pair of opposite panels including bracket means for removably supporting said food holding grill means and means for removably supporting said charcoal holding grate means below said food holding grill means.

12. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 11, wherein said bracket means are pivotally secured to said support means, said bracket means being pivotable to a position to facilitate a storage of said support means in said receptacle means.

13. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 1, wherein said food holding grill means includes defining a grid and a handle, said handle including means adapted to permit a movement thereof relative to said grid to facilitate a storage of said food holding grill means in said receptacle means.

14. A portable and collapsible charcoal burning grill according to claim 1, including means for securing said cover means to said receptacle means.