Barbecue grill with folding shelves

• US 7,438,071 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2005
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLC (Weber-Stephen Mexico Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co (Weber-Stephen Products)
• Inventors: Johnson, Mark, DeMars, Robert, Bruno, Adrian A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Basichas; Alfred
• Application Number:
  US11/224,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20060021611A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 126/41.R, 126/40, 126/39.R, 126/9.B
• US Class Current: 126/25.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 2037/0777 with foldable construction for storage or transport purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0704 with horizontal fire box
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0713 with gas burners
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0763 Small-size, portable barbecues
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0786 Accessories

Abstract

A portable cooking apparatus is provided comprising a cooking chamber having a fire bowl mounted on a base; and at least one shelf being directly and pivotally attached to the base, the shelf is foldable inwardly towards the fire bowl during a stowage position and extendable outwardly away from said fire bowl during the usage position and there is a distance between the shelf and the fire bowl to avoid heat damage to the shelf when the fire bowl is in use.

Claims

1. A portable barbecue grill assembly comprising:

a cooking chamber comprising a fire bowl mounted on a base, said cooking chamber comprises a topside opening, said topside opening of said cooking chamber being situated above said base;

at least one grill, at least a portion of said grill being situated within said cooking chamber; and

at least one shelf being directly and pivotally attached to said fire bowl, said shelf being foldable inwardly towards said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a stowage position and extendable outwardly away from said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a usage position and having a distance between said shelf and said cooking chamber to avoid heat damage to said shelf when the cooking chamber is in use, at least a portion of said shelf is situated above at least a portion of said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said stowage position, at least a portion of said shelf being generally parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

2. The assembly of claim 1 further comprises at least one handle connected to said fire bowl;

and a lid mountable on said cooking chamber.

3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein said handle provides support for said shelf during said use position.

4. The assembly of claim 1 further comprises a second shelf, said second shelf being foldable and situated above said topside opening of said fire bowl during a stowage position and extendable away from said topside opening of said fire bowl during said usage position.

5. The assembly of claim 4 wherein at least a portion of said second shelf being situated above at least a portion of said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said stowage position, at least a portion of said second shelf being parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

6. The assembly of claim 4 further comprising a second handle.

7. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said second shelf is directly attached to said base.

8. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said second shelf is directly attached to said fire bowl.

9. The assembly of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of said shelf is suspended over said topside opening of said fire bowl during said stowage position.

10. A portable barbecue grill assembly comprising:

a cooking chamber comprising a fire bowl mounted on a base, said cooking chamber comprises a topside opening, said fire bowl having an external underside and opposing external sidewalls, said topside opening of said cooking chamber being situated above said base;

at least one grill, at least a portion of said grill being situated within said cooking chamber;

at least one lid, said sidewalls and said underside of said fire bowl with said lid defining said cooking chamber; and

at least two shelves, each shelf being directly and pivotally attached to one of each of said external sidewalls of said fire bowl, at least a portion of each of said shelves being foldable inwardly towards said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a stowage position and extendable from said cooking chamber during a usage position and having a distance between said shelf and said fire bowl to avoid heat damage to said shelves when the cooking chamber is in use, at least a portion of each of said shelves are situated above said topside opening of said fire bowl during said stowage position, at least a portion of each of said shelves being generally parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

11. The assembly of claim 10 wherein each of said shelves folds outwardly away from said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said usage position.

12. A portable barbecue grill assembly comprising:

a cooking chamber comprising a fire bowl mounted on a base, said cooking chamber having a topside opening;

at least one grill, at least a portion of said grill being situated within said fire bowl; and

at least one shelf being directly and pivotally attached to said cooking chamber, said shelf being foldable inwardly towards said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a stowage position and away from said topside opening of said cooking chamber during a usage position, at least a portion of said shelf is situated above said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said stowage position, at least a portion of said shelf being generally parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

13. The assembly of claim 12 further comprising a second shelf, said second shelf being situated opposite of said first shelf.

14. The assembly of claim 13 wherein at least a portion of said second shelf is generally parallel to said grill during said stowage position.

15. The assembly of claim 13 wherein said second shelf is directly attached to said cooking chamber.

16. The assembly of claim 13 wherein said second shelf being pivotally attached to said base.

17. The assembly of claim 16 wherein said second shelf is foldable inwardly towards said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said stowage position and away from said topside opening of said cooking chamber during said usage position.

18. The assembly of claim 12 wherein there is a distance between said shelf and said fire bowl to avoid heat damage to said shelf when the fire bowl is in use.

19. The assembly of claim 12 wherein said shelf folds outwardly away from said fire bowl during said usage position.

20. The assembly of claim 12 further comprising legs, said legs being attached to said base.

21. The assembly of claim 12 further comprising at least one lid.

22. The assembly of claim 12 wherein at least a portion of said shelf is suspended over said topside opening of said fire bowl during said stowage position.