Cantilevered gas barbecue

• US 4,788,962 A
• Filed: 10/05/1987
• Issued: 12/06/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jerry P. Mashburn, Mashburn, James S.
• Original Assignee: Jerry P. Mashburn, Mashburn, James S.
• Inventors: Mashburn, James S., Mashburn, Jerry P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Scott, Samuel
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAMEN, NOAH P
• Application Number:
  US07/104,294
• Time in Patent Office: 428 Days
• Field of Search: 126/41 R, 126/41 A, 126/25 R, 126/2, 126/9 R, 126/9 B, 126/26, 126/29, 126/38, 126/39 M, 248/158, 248/230, 99/446, 99/450, 431/350
• US Class Current: 126/25.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0713 with gas burners

Abstract

A barbecue apparatus is disclosed herein having its components coaxially disposed on a flanged base supported from a cantilevered arm anchored to a support tube or the like. The components include a circular walled bowl carried on the base with vent apertures in the bottom and a grease catch screen that is carried by an apertured liner supporting a gas burner. The reinforced mid-section of the grease screen is detachably coupled to the burner and a grill is removably carried about the peripheral edge marginal region of the liner. A vented lid includes a retention member engaged with the edge of the bowl for wind shielding purposes when not used as a cover for the bowl. A detachable coupler joins the burner to a gas supply cantilevered outwardly from the base which includes controls for gas distribution to the burner.

Claims

1. A barbecue apparatus adapted to be cantilevered outwardly from a support comprising:

a flanged base;

a support member;

an elongated rod;

a brace, anchoring said base with said support member via said rod so that said base is cantilevered outwardly laterally with respect to said support member;

a circular walled bowl carried on said base having vent apertures and a peripheral edge marginal region;

a grease screen carried on said walled bowl;

a gas burner mounted on a selected end of said base supporting said apertured liner thereon;

a cooking grill removably carried on said peripheral edge marginal region;

a detachable coupler joining said burner to said base;

a source of pressurized gas including controls therefor;

a hollow feeder tube interconnecting said gas source to said burner;

a vented lid including a retention member engageable with said edge marginal region of said bowl for shielding said grill from wind;

a baffle carried on said base immediately adjacent to said walled bowl in fixed spaced-apart relationship defining a limited annular passageway therebetween; and

said baffle constituting a wind deflector to limit wind gusts via said passageway from entering said walled bow via said vent openings.