Portable barbecue grill

• US 4,535,749 A
• Filed: 08/10/1984
• Issued: 08/20/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1984
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co (Weber-Stephen Products)
• Original Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co (Weber-Stephen Products)
• Inventors: Stephen, James C., Schlosser, Erich J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Larry
• Application Number:
  US06/639,951
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 126/25 R, 126/25 C, 126/15 R, 126/9 R, 126/38, 126/37 B, 126/52, 126/287, 126/332, 126/336, 126/333, 126/337, 110/158, 110/157, 110/174, 110/175 A, 110/175 R
• US Class Current: 126/25.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0763 Small-size, portable barbecues

Abstract

A barbecue grill includes a bowl and a cover each having vents with the cover having a cover and the unit having the locking bar that locks with the gripping handle in a closed position. The locking bar has vent closures that close the vents in the bowl in a closed position. The bowl is supported by three U-shaped legs identical in construction that are secured to the bowl by fasteners and the fasteners provide support points for a fuel support grid within the bowl.

Claims

1. A portable barbecue grill unit comprising a grill body defining an open top fire chamber having vent openings below said top, a cover for closing said fire chamber, vent closures for said vent openings and a carrying handle for said unit, the improvement of said carrying handle being pivoted on said body and having said vent closures secured thereto and movable therewith, said carrying handle having a first position locking said cover on said body with said vent closures covering said vent openings in said position and a second position where said cover is removable and said vent openings are uncovered.

2. A portable barbecue grill unit as defined in claim 1, in which said grill body is generally semi-hemispherical and said carrying handle is pivotably supported at diametrically-opposed locations thereon about fixed pivot points.

3. A portable barbecue grill unit as defined in claim 2, in which there are a plurality of vent openings surrounding each pivot point, said vent closures being movable with said carrying handle to open and close each vent opening.

4. A portable barbecue grill unit as defined in claim 3, in which there are two vent openings adjacent each pivot point and respectively located on opposite sides of said pivot points and in which said vent closures include first and second plates adjacent opposite ends of said carrying handle with each plate adapted to simultaneously cover two vent openings adjacent a pivot point.

5. A portable barbecue grill unit as defined in claim 2, further including a plurality of legs extending below said grill body with each leg being generally U-shaped and having one end connected to each other below a central location of said grill body and opposite ends of each leg having flanges abutting an outside surface of said grill body at circumferentially-spaced locations and fastener elements extending through said flanges and said grill body and terminating inwardly of said main body to define support points for a solid fuel grid within said main body.

6. A portable barbecue grill unit as defined in claim 1, in which said cover has a gripping handle and said carrying handle includes a bar extending across said gripping handle in said first position.

7. A portable barbecue grill unit as defined in claim 6, in which said gripping handle has a recess extending from an exposed surface with said bar received into said recess in said first position.

8. A portable barbecue grill comprising a generally semi-hemishperical bowl having an open top with said bowl having support means thereon and a cover for said open top, said cover having a generally U-shaped gripping handle with a base and a pair of spaced legs secured to said cover, the improvement of a locking bar having opposite ends pivoted about diametrically-opposed fixed pivots on said bowl and having an open position located below said open top and a locked position wherein said locking bar extends across the base to lock said cover to said bowl, said base of said gripping handle having a recess receiving said locking bar in said locked position so that said gripping handle on said cover can be grasped when said locking bar is in said locked position to transport said grill.

9. A portable barbecue grill as defined in claim 8, in which said bowl has vent openings around said fixed pivots and said locking bar has vent closures covering said vent openings in said locked position and exposing said vent openings in said open position.

10. A portable barbecue grill unit as defined in claim 8, in which said support means includes three substantially identical U-shaped legs having one end connected to each other below a center portion of said bowl and having opposite ends engaging an outer surface of said bowl at circumferentially-spaced locations with fastener means extending through said opposite ends and said bowl and terminating inwardly of an inner surface of said bowl to define circumferentially-spaced support points for a grid in said bowl.

11. A portable barbecue grill as defined in claim 8, in which said bowl has vent openings around said fixed pivots and said locking bar has vent closures rotatable on said opposite ends for covering and exposing said vent openings.

12. A portable barbecue grill unit comprising a grill body defining an open top fire chamber having vent openings below said top, a cover for closing said fire chamber, vent closures for said vent openings and a carrying handle for said unit, the improvement of said carrying handle having opposite ends pivotally attached on opposite sides to said body and said handle having a first position locking said cover on said body and a second position where said cover is removable, said vent closures being supported on said opposite ends of said carrying handle adjacent said vent openings and being rotatable thereon to open and close said vent openings.