Complete outdoor kitchen

• US 7,121,274 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2003
• Issued: 10/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Randell Joseph Wishart
• Original Assignee: Randell Joseph Wishart
• Inventors: Wishart, Randell Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Basichas, Alfred
• Application Number:
  US10/686,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20050103321A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 126/57, 126/56, 126/25.R, 126/29, 126/30, 126/9.R, 126/9.B, 312/107, 312/198, 312/236, 312/228, 224/403, 224/404, 224/495, 224/534, 224/543, 224/544
• US Class Current: 126/57
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 43/00 Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features enabling folding of the cabinet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 77/02 General layout, e.g. relative arrangement of compartments, working surface or surfaces, supports for apparatus A47B77/08 takes precedence ; combinable furniture units A47B87/00

Abstract

A complete Outdoor Kitchen. A modular and connected array of kitchen cabinets; BBQ; kitchen sink with running water; powered standard household appliances; refrigerator, coffee maker, juicer, toaster, microwave. This system allows the Outdoor Kitchen the ability to greatly improve the organization of food preparation, allows for improved food storage, improved health and safety of food and cleaning. The Outdoor Kitchen collapses and hinges closed into a compact rain tight box approximately the size of a pick-up tool box. This kitchen unit can be used as a commercial vending unit for tailgate parties, camping or on your patio at home. This kitchen unit can be fitted for use in a pick-up truck bed, rear bumper of a car, rear bumper of a van, or rear bumper of an RV. It can also be built into the side of an RV.

Claims

1. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system, comprising:

a) a rain-tight enclosure comprising;

i) a front section having a front internal volume;

ii) a rear section having a rear internal volume;

iii) hinge means secured to and between said front section and said rear section, wherein said front and said rear sections hingeably mate against one another in a hinged closed configuration to produce said rain-tight enclosure;

b) an extendable work-area member pivotably secured to said rear section, whereby said extendable work-area member fits within said rain-tight enclosure when said rain-tight enclosure is in said closed configuration and pivotably extends from said rain-tight enclosure when said front section and said rear section are in a hinged open configuration;

c) first and second supports, wherein said first support is collapseably secured to said extendable work-area member and said second support is collapseably secured to said front section of said enclosure; and

d) a plurality of kitchen appliances mounted within said rain-fight enclosure.

2. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein said rear section is releasably secured to the vehicle.

3. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein said front section contains a cooking device within said front internal volume.

4. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein said mar section contains a refrigerator within said rear internal volume.

5. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein said extendable work-area member holds a sink and countertop work-surface.

6. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein said front and rear sections contain a plurality of storage spaces.

7. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein said extendable work-area member is secured to said rear section via a pivot point attachment means and a restraining means.

8. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system, comprising:

a) a first housing half having a first interior volume and first, second, third, and forth perimeter edges surrounding said first interior volume;

b) a second housing half having a second interior volume and fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth perimeter edges surrounding said second interior volume;

c) hinge means for pivotally mating said first and second housing halves to one another at said first and fifth perimeter edges, thereby producing a rain-tight enclosure when all said perimeter edges are closed to fit against one another and an open user-accessible configuration when said second, third, and forth perimeter edges pivot away from said sixth, seventh, and eighth perimeter edges;

d) an extendable work-area member pivotably secured to said first housing half proximate said third perimeter edge, whereby said extendable work-area member fits within said rain-tight enclosure when said rain-tight enclosure is in said closed configuration and pivotably extends from said rain-tight enclosure when said front section and said rear section are in a hinged open configuration; and

e) a plurality of kitchen appliances mounted within said first and second interior volumes.

9. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 8, further including first and second supports, wherein said first support is collapseably secured to said extendable work-area member and said second support is collapseably secured to said second housing half.

10. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 8, wherein said first housing half is releasably secured to the vehicle.

11. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 8, wherein said second housing half contains a cooking device within said second interior volume.

12. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 8, wherein said first housing half contains a refrigerator within said first interior volume.

13. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 8, wherein said extendable work-area member holds a sink and countertop work-surface.

14. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 8, wherein said first and second housing halves contain a plurality of storage spaces.

15. A compact vehicle-portable kitchen system according to claim 8, wherein said extendable work-area member is secured to said first housing half via a pivot point attachment means and a restraining means.