Barbecue grill

• US 6,672,303 B1
• Filed: 09/19/2002
• Issued: 01/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James Emter
• Original Assignee: James Emter
• Inventors: Emter, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Yeung, James C.
• Application Number:
  US10/251,544
• Time in Patent Office: 474 Days
• Field of Search: 126/9.R, 126/25.R, 126/41.R, 126/40, 126/50, 126/38, 126/9.B
• US Class Current: 126/41.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0713 with gas burners

Abstract

A selectively assembleable and disassembleable grilling device for preparing food comprises a set of substantially flat plates coupled together by a retaining assembly extending between a pair of the flat plates. The plates fit together to form an enclosure and include a pair of sidewalls, each having an aperture. A tubular member is insertable through the apertures and has retaining means at both ends thereof so as to hold the set of plates together and thereby form the enclosure.

Claims

1. A grilling device for preparing food comprising:

(a) a pair of substantially flat panels forming parallel side walls spaced a predetermined distance apart;

(b) a paid of interior baffle plates defining planes perpendicular to said sidewalls and extending between said sidewalls in interlocking engagement therewith;

(c) a gas burner tube extending between said sidewalls and parallel to said interior baffle plates; and

(d) a selectively detachable fastening device interacting with said burner tube so as to operably hold the sidewalls and interior baffle plates together to thereby form a rigid enclosure.

2. The grilling device of claim 1 wherein said interior baffle plates define planes that intersect to form a V-shaped trough.

3. The grilling device of claim 2 wherein said burner tube is situated near a lower portion of said V-shaped trough.

4. The grilling device of claim 1 or 2 wherein said burner tube includes a stop member at a first end bearing against a first sidewall and a second threaded end extending through the other of said sidewall plates and wherein said fastening device is a threaded member matingly attached to said threaded end of said burner tube.

5. The grilling device of claim 1 further including a top plate matingly interacting with one of said interior baffle plates to form a selectively closing cover.

6. The grilling device of claim 5 further including a gridiron sized and shaped to lie in nesting relation between said interior baffle plates and above said burner tube.

7. A grilling device for cooking comprising:

(a) a pair of substantially flat panels forming parallel sidewalls spaced a predetermined distance apart;

(b) a pair of substantially flat interior baffle plates defining planes perpendicular to said sidewalls and extending between said sidewalls in interlocking engagement therewith so as to form an upwardly expanding V-shaped trough; and

(c) an elongate connecting member extending between said pair of sidewalls and parallel to said V-shaped trough, said member having a selectively attachable and detachable fastener for holding said sidewalls and said interior baffle plates together.

8. The grilling device of claim 7 wherein said V-shaped trough includes a drainage channel.

9. The grilling device of claim 8 wherein the drainage channel is shielded by an overlapping region of one of the interior baffle plates.

10. The grilling device of claim 7 wherein the interior baffle plates includes tabs that fit loosely into apertures formed on each of the sidewalls.

11. The grilling device of any of claims 7 through 10 wherein the elongate connecting member is a gas burner tube.