Portable broiling device

• US 6,213,004 B1
• Filed: 10/18/2000
• Issued: 04/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gene Franco
• Original Assignee: Gene Franco
• Inventors: Franco, Gene
• Primary Examiner(s): Simone, Timothy F.
• Application Number:
  US09/691,723
• Time in Patent Office: 174 Days
• Field of Search: 993/31, 993/39, 993/40, 993/41, 994/00, 994/01, 994/19--21, 994/27, 994/44--50, 994/81, 994/82, 126/25.R, 126/9.R, 126/41.R, 126/299.C, 126/369, 126/20, 219/400, 219/401, 219/403, 219/404, 219/385, 219/386, 219/440, 426/523, 426/466
• US Class Current: 99/421.00H
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0623 Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity A47J37/0605 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0629 with electric heating elements

Abstract

A broiling device including a housing having a generally rectangular configuration. The housing has an open upper end, a closed lower end, a front wall, a rear wall, and opposed side walls. The front wall and the rear wall each have a pair of upper and lower support tabs extending inwardly from inner surfaces thereof to support grilling grates thereon. The opposed side walls each have corresponding upper and lower apertures therethrough. A dome-shaped lid is hingedly coupled with the open upper end of the housing. A heating element is disposed within an interior surface of the dome-shaped lid. A handled skewer selectively extends between the upper and lower apertures of the opposed side walls of the housing.

Claims

1. A portable broiling device for providing heat from above food items so as to properly cook the food items comprising, in combination:

a housing having a generally rectangular configuration, the housing having an open upper end, a closed lower end, a front wall, a rear wall, and opposed side walls, the closed lower end having a plurality of legs extending downwardly therefrom, the front wall and the rear wall each having a pair of upper and lower support tabs extending inwardly from inner surfaces thereof to support grilling grates thereon, the front wall having a slotted opening therein upwardly of the closed lower end, the slotted opening removably receiving a drip pan therein, the opposed side walls each having corresponding upper and lower apertures therethrough;

a dome-shaped lid hingedly coupled with the open upper end of the housing, the lid having a clear window disposed within a forward portion thereof;

a heating element disposed within an interior surface of the dome-shaped lid, the heating element having a temperature control mechanism disposed outwardly with respect to the lid, the heating element having a power cord extending outwardly therefrom for coupling with an electrical outlet;

a handled skewer selectively extending between the upper and lower apertures of the opposed side walls of the housing, a free end of the skewer having a motor coupled thereto, the skewer including a pair of inwardly extending forks removably coupled thereto.

2. A portable broiling device for providing heat from above food items so as to properly cook the food items comprising, in combination:

a housing having a generally rectangular configuration, the housing having an open upper end, a closed lower end, a front wall, a rear wall, and opposed side walls, the front wall and the rear wall each having a pair of upper and lower support tabs extending inwardly from inner surfaces thereof to support grilling grates thereon, the opposed side walls each having corresponding upper and lower apertures therethrough;

a dome-shaped lid hingedly coupled with the open upper end of the housing;

a heating element disposed within an interior surface of the dome-shaped lid;

a handled skewer selectively extending between the upper and lower apertures of the opposed side walls of the housing.

3. The portable broiling device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the closed lower end of the housing has a plurality of legs extending downwardly therefrom.

4. The portable broiling device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the front wall of the housing has a slotted opening therein upwardly of the closed lower end, the slotted opening removably receiving a drip pan therein.

5. The portable broiling device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the lid has a clear window disposed within a forward portion thereof.

6. The portable broiling device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the heating element has a temperature control mechanism disposed outwardly with-respect to the lid.

7. The portable broiling device as set forth in claim 2 wherein a free end of the skewer has a motor coupled thereto.

8. The portable broiling device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the skewer includes a pair of inwardly extending forks removably coupled thereto.