Slidable shelf for outdoor grills
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1. A work counter assembly for an outdoor grill having a housing which encloses a cooking zone and includes an upstanding wall having a rim and a vertically extending outer surface, said work counter assembly comprising:
- a work counter support member having a generally horizontal base portion connecting inner and outer U-shaped edge portions inwardly facing each other in opposed relation;
a work shelf member supported by said support member, said shelf member having a working surface for supporting food and the like and border portions on opposite sides of said working surface for being slidably received by the inwardly facing U-shaped edge portions of said support member; and
,means for mounting said support member on the upstanding wall of said grill housing,each of said U-shaped edge portions comprising an inwardly extending lip segment for overlying a corresponding one of said border portions to prevent said shelf member from being separated from said support member in a generally vertical direction,said mounting means comprising at least two spaced-apart bracket members each having a vertically extending elongated portion for resting adjacent to said outer surface of the upstanding housing wall, and a horizontally extending elongated portion attached to said vertical portion for engaging said support member,and said mounting means further comprising suspending means for extending over and engaging the rim of said upstanding wall to detachably suspend said vertically extending bracket portions from said rim.
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Abstract
A work counter assembly for outdoor grills comprising a pair of spaced-apart brackets for securing the assembly to a grill, a work counter support member extending between the brackets and provided with U-shaped lip segments along inner and outer edge portions, and a work shelf slidably fitted between and engaged by the U-shaped lip segments to retain the work shelf on the support member.
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1. A work counter assembly for an outdoor grill having a housing which encloses a cooking zone and includes an upstanding wall having a rim and a vertically extending outer surface, said work counter assembly comprising:
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a work counter support member having a generally horizontal base portion connecting inner and outer U-shaped edge portions inwardly facing each other in opposed relation; a work shelf member supported by said support member, said shelf member having a working surface for supporting food and the like and border portions on opposite sides of said working surface for being slidably received by the inwardly facing U-shaped edge portions of said support member; and
,means for mounting said support member on the upstanding wall of said grill housing, each of said U-shaped edge portions comprising an inwardly extending lip segment for overlying a corresponding one of said border portions to prevent said shelf member from being separated from said support member in a generally vertical direction, said mounting means comprising at least two spaced-apart bracket members each having a vertically extending elongated portion for resting adjacent to said outer surface of the upstanding housing wall, and a horizontally extending elongated portion attached to said vertical portion for engaging said support member, and said mounting means further comprising suspending means for extending over and engaging the rim of said upstanding wall to detachably suspend said vertically extending bracket portions from said rim. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A work counter assembly for an outdoor grill having a housing which encloses a cooking zone and includes an upstanding wall having a rim and a vertically extending outer surface, said work counter assembly comprising:
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a work counter support member having a generally horizontal base portion connecting inner and outer U-shaped edge portions inwardly facing each other in opposed relation; a work shelf member supported by said support member, said shelf member having a working surface for supporting food and the like and border portions on opposite sides of said working surface for being slidably received by the inwardly facing U-shaped edge portions of said support member; and
,means for mounting said support member on the upstanding wall of said grill housing, each of said U-shaped edge portions comprising an inwardly extending lip segment for overlying a corresponding one of said border portions to prevent said shelf member from being separated from said support member in a generally vertical direction, and said mounting means comprising at least two spaced-apart bracket members each having a vertically extending elongated portion for resting adjacent to said outer surface of the upstanding housing wall, a horizontally extending elongated portion attached to said vertical portion for engaging said support member, and a triangular brace portion connecting a longitudinal extent of said vertically extending portion to a longitudinal extent of said horizontally extending portion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A work counter assembly for an outdoor gill having a housing which encloses a cooking zone and includes an upstanding wall having a rim and a vertically extending outer surface, said work counter assembly comprising:
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a work counter support member having a generally horizontal base portion connecting inner and outer U-shaped edge portions inwardly facing each other in opposed relation; a work shelf member supported by said support member, said shelf member having a working surface for supporting food and the like and border portions on opposite sides of said working surface for being slidably received by the inwardly facing U-shaped edge portions of said support member; and
,means for mounting said support member on the upstanding wall of said grill housing, each of said U-shaped edge portions comprising an inwardly extending lip segment for overlying a corresponding one of said border portions to prevent said shelf member from being separated from said support member in a generally vertical direction, said mounting means comprising at least two spaced-apart bracket members each having a vertically extending elongated portion for resting adjacent to said outer surface of the upstanding housing wall and a horizontally extending elongated portion attached to said vertically extending portion for engaging said support member, and said vertically extending portion of each of said bracket members having a substantially planar surface for extending opposite to the outer surface of said upstanding wall of the grill housing. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A work counter assembly for an outdoor grill having a housing which encloses a cooking zone and includes an upstanding wall having a rim and a vertically extending outer surface, said work counter assembly comprising:
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a work counter support member having a generally horizontal plate portion made of sheet metal and connecting inner and outer U-shaped edge portions inwardly facing each other in opposed relation; a work shelf member supported by said support member, said shelf member having a working surface for supporting food and the like and border portions on opposite sides of said working surface for being slidably received by the inwardly facing U-shaped edge portions of said support member; and
,means for mounting said support member on the upstanding wall of said grill housing, each of said U-shaped edge portions comprising an inwardly extending lip segment for overlying a corresponding one of said border portions to prevent said shelf member from being separated from said support member in a generally vertical direction, said mounting means comprising at least two spaced-apart bracket members each having a vertically extending elongated portion for resting adjacent to said outer surface of the upstanding housing wall and a horizontally extending elongated portion attached to said vertical portion for engaging the plate portion of said support member, said support member further comprising a elongated stiffening member fixed to the bottom surface of said plate portion and having a U-shaped transverse cross section, and said elongated stiffening member extending longitudinally substantially parallel to and being substantially centered between the horizontally extending portions of said bracket members.
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