Adjustable cooking grill

• US 4,462,306 A
• Filed: 03/30/1982
• Issued: 07/31/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles R. Eisendrath
• Original Assignee: Charles R. Eisendrath
• Inventors: Eisendrath, Charles R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilhite, Billy J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peterson, Christine A.
• Application Number:
  US06/363,604
• Time in Patent Office: 854 Days
• Field of Search: 99/446, 99/447, 99/421 H, 99/421 HV, 99/421 HH, 99/393, 99/340, 126/41 E, 126/41 B, 126/22, 126/141, 126/25 A, 126/25 AA, 126/338
• US Class Current: 99/340
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 2037/0795 Adjustable food supports, e.g. for height adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/067 Horizontally disposed broiling griddles
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0704 with horizontal fire box

Abstract

An outdoor cooking grill having a bottom grate supported in an iron framework with a food grill of parallel heat conductive bars capable of being raised and lowered relative to the grate. The apparatus includes a curved heat reflective back plate providing insulative characteristics to protect the back closure. Rotisserie supports are provided on a horizontal lift support frame which can serve selectively as a grill support and a rotisserie support. Specific lock devices are provided for rotisserie rods to position the rods in any of a plurality of positions. A composite lift bracket serves also as a rotisserie support.

Claims

1. In a grill assembly having a framework support and a vertically movable food grill to be positioned at various levels in a cooking area above a fire grate and having a front side and a rear side, that improvement which comprises:

(a) a horizontal support frame movable to various vertical positions relative to a fire grate by remote manually operable means including hoist cables secured at each end to said frame,

(b) slot guide means on said framework support located between said front and rear sides,

(c) means on said support frame slidably engageable with said slot means to guide said support frame for vertical movement relative to said framework support, and

(d) a food support grill removably supported on said horizontal support frame independent of said slot guide means,

(e) the means on said support frame comprising a bracket on each side of said support frame which includes a vertical guide for said frame cooperable with said slot guide means, an anchor point for a hoist cable on each said bracket, a rotisserie support on said bracket fore and aft of said vertical guide, and rotisserie rods mountable at each end in said brackets for utilization when said food support grill is removed from said horizontal support frame.

2. A grill assembly as defined in claim 1 in which the rear side of said grill assembly is closed by a flat sheet of metal on the outside and a second sheet of metal on the inside of said outside sheet coextensive vertically and horizontally with the cooking area, said second sheet being rearwardly flanged at vertical side edges to space the edges of the second sheet forward of the first sheet, and means to hold said second sheet in a concave position on a vertical axis to provide a heat reflector in said cooking area.

4. A grill assembly as defined in claim 1, in which the remote manually operable means for raising and lowering the horizontal support frame comprises a rotating shaft mounted at the top of said framework support, cable means extending from said shaft to each end of said horizontal support frame, latch means to limit the motion of said shaft in a lowering direction, and a heavy manipulating inertia wheel at one end of said shaft weighing about three pounds to allow an operator to control the rotary position of said shaft.

5. A grill assembly as defined in claim 1 in which a rotisserie rod is supported horizontally at each end on said spaced opposed brackets and movable longitudinally in a limited motion from a lock to a non-lock position and a rotation lock on one of said spaced brackets and on one end of said rotisserie rod to block rotation of said rod in one longitudinal position and permit rotation in a second longitudinal position, said rod having a portion extending outside said framework support and said horizontal support frame to facilitate longitudinal manipulation of said rod, and means on said rod adjacent said one bracket and means on said one bracket to limit the axial movement of said rod from a longitudinal lock position to a longitudinal unlock position to prevent accidental withdrawal of the other end of said rod from the other of said spaced brackets.

3. In a grill assembly having a framework support and a vertically movable food grill to be positioned at various levels above a fire grate and having a front side and rear side, that improvement which comprises:

(a) a horizontal support frame movable to various vertical positions relative to a fire grate and a food grill mountable on said frame having a rear support higher than a front support to position said grill on said frame with a drain angle toward the front side of the unit,

(b) the rear side of said grill being closed by a flat sheet of metal on the outside and a second sheet of metal on the inside, said second sheet of metal being flanged at side edges to space the second sheet forward to the first sheet,

(c) means to hold said second sheet in a concave position on a vertical axis to provide a heat reflector comprising a pin in the frame work support at the top of said second sheet,

(d) a fire grate removably positioned in said framework support with said side and end clearance to allow expansion without distortion of said framework, and

(e) an upright tab on the rear of said grate to bear against said second sheet to force it into a concave contoured position.