GB2453825A

GB2453825A - Collapsible support stand for barbeque stove

Info

Publication number: GB2453825A
Application number: GB0816426A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Jan Nan Chen
Original assignee: Pro Iroda Industries Inc
Current assignee: Pro Iroda Industries Inc
Priority date: 2007-10-19
Filing date: 2008-09-09
Publication date: 2009-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 2028-09-09
Also published as: GB0816426D0; DE102008047918A1; TWM335256U; GB2453825B; GB2453825A8; DE102008047918B4

Abstract

A support stand for barbecue stove includes two table members 20, a plurality of support feet 10 and at least one leg brace means 40 pivotally connecting the table members to the support feet. Each leg brace means has a hinge (21,22), an actuating (44) device and a driving device (45) and connects the table members to the support feet. A user can operate the leg brace means to detach the driving device from the actuating device and hold handles (24) of the table members to upright the table members so that the driving device can move downward quickly and the support stand will be collapsible quickly. The table members further include a plurality of receptacles (25) formed thereon and adapted for receiving the feet of barbecue stove 1 so that the barbecue stove can be disposed on the table members stably.

Description

1 Collapsible support stand for barbecue stove

2 Background of the Invention

3 The present invention relates to a collapsible support stand for barbecue stove.

4 Referring to Taiwan patent NO.583946, a conventional barbecue stove includes a base, a cylinder body and a stove body, with the base, the cylinder body 6 and the stove body combined to each other undetachably. The volume of the 7 conventional barbecue stove is huge so that a user could not easy to move it and it 8 occupies more storage. However, the conventional barbecue stove provides the 9 user not to squat down to barbecue, but the shortcomings are occupied more storage and the difficultly detachment.

11 Summary of the Invention

12 According to the present invention, a support stand includes a plurality of 13 support feet, two table members and two leg brace means. The support feet 14 support the table members and stand on the ground, and the leg brace means 40 connect the table members to the support feet. The support feet are provided a 16 distance between the table members and ground so as to facilitate the use of the 17 barbecue stove disposed on the support stand. The table members includes a 18 plurality of receptacles for receiving the feet of the barbecue stove so that the 19 barbecue stove will not slide on the table members. The leg brace means are provided for fixing the table members on the unfolded position, and when the 21 support stand is getting collapsible, the leg brace means are provided to fold the 22 table members quickly.

23 Brief Description of the Drawings

24 The present invention will be described via detailed illustration of the preferred embodiment referring to the drawings.

26 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collapsible support stand for barbecue stove 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 Figure 2 is an exploded view of the collapsible support stand for barbecue 3 stove shown in Figure 1 4 Figure 3 is another perspective view of the collapsible support stand for barbecue stove shown in Figure 1, illustrating the bottom of the table.

6 Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the collapsible support stand taken along a 7 line 4-4 shown in Figure 1.

8 Figure 5 is an enlarged partial view of the collapsible support stand of Figure 9 4.

Figure 6 is an enlarged partial view similar to Figure 5.

11 Figure 7 is a side view of the collapsible support stand for barbecue stove 12 shown in Figure 1.

13 Figure 8 is another perspective view of the collapsible support stand for 14 barbecue stove shown in Figure 1, illustrating the stand being collapsed.

Figure 9 is another perspective view of the collapsible support stand for 16 barbecue stove shown in Figure 1, illustrating a barbecue stove disposed onto the 17 support stand.

18 Figure 10 is a perspective view of a collapsible support stand for barbecue 19 stove according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment

21 A collapsible support stand for barbecue stove according to a first 22 embodiment of the present invention is shown in the drawings and consists of a 23 plurality of support feet 10, two table members 20 disposed onto the support feet 24 10, two primary shelves 30 with each shelf 30 installed between two support feet 10, and two leg brace means 40. Each leg brace means 40 is adapted for 26 pivotally connecting the table members 20 to the primary shelves 30.

1 In the preferred form, there are two pairs of support feet 10, each support foot 2 10 is bent and includes a first end and a second end, with each first end 3 connecting to the table members 20 and having a first pivoting hole transversely 4 formed thereon, with each second end provided for standing on the ground and having a second pivoting hole 12 transversely formed thereon. And each 6 primary shelf 30 is disposed between the first and second ends of two support feet 7 10.

8 Each table member 20 includes two pivoting portions 21 respectively 9 protruding from two ends thereof, a concavity 23 formed on the outer periphery thereof adjacent to each pivoting portion 21, a handle 24 formed on the outer 11 periphery thereof between two pivoting portions 21, two receptacles 25 formed on 12 the top surface thereof opposite to the pivoting portions 21, and two recesses 26 13 formed on the bottom thereof and communicating with the outer periphery thereof.

14 The pivoting portions 21 of one of the table members 20 respectively connect to the related pivoting portions 21 of another table member 20 via two pins 22 for 16 coupling two table members 20 to each other. Each recess 26 has a hole 261 17 therein corresponding to the first pivoting hole 11 of each support foot 10. A 18 hollow space is juxtaposed between the handle 24 and the outer periphery of each 19 table member 20 and provided for a user to hold easily.

The first end of each support foot 10 pivotally connects to the table members 21 20 and the second end of each support foot 10 is provided to stand on the ground.

22 Further each support foot 10 is bent and the area surrounded with the first ends of 23 the support feet 10 is smaller than the area surrounded with the second ends of the 24 support feet 10 so as to provide a stronger support.

Each primary shelf 30 includes a first side adapted for installed pivotally onto 26 a pair of support feet 10 below the table members 20 and a second side I connecting to the second side of another primary shelf 30, with the second side 2 having two ears 31 respectively protruding from two ends of the second side and 3 two bolts 32 provided for inserting through the ears 31 so as to couple pivotally 4 the primary shelves 30 with each other.

Each leg brace means 40 includes two first legs 41, a second leg 42, a hinge 6 43, an actuating device 44 installed to the hinge 43, and a driving device 45 7 received in the actuating device 44 and respectively connecting to the first and 8 second legs 41, 42. Each first leg 41 has a first end bent toward the leg brace 9 means 40 and inserting into the driving device 45 and a second end bent toward the related support foot 10 and inserting into the related second pivoting hole 12.

11 Each second leg 42 includes a first end having a hole 421, which is longitudinally 12 formed on the extreme thereof and communicating to the related ear 31 so as to 13 connect to the related primary shelf 30 via the bolt 32, and a second end having an 14 orifice 422 formed therethrough transversely and inserting into the driving device 45, with the first end of each second leg 42 being perpendicular to the second end 16 of each second leg 42.

17 While the two table members 20 is unfolded, each hinge 43 is exactly 18 disposed on the recesses 23 and includes a received portion 431 on the bottom 19 thereof toward the actuating device 44 and received the second end of the second leg 42, a first protrusion 432 formed transversely on the side thereof and abutting 21 with the related pivoting portion 21, an orifice 433 defined in the first protrusion 22 432, with the pin 22 inserting through the pivoting portion 21 and the orifice 433 23 so as to install the hinge 43 on the table members 20, two second protrusion 434 24 respectively defined on the two side thereof adjacent to the first protrusion 432, and a block portion 435 protruding longitudinally therefrom above the first 26 protrusion 432.

1 Each actuating device 44 includes an actuating portion 441, a mounted 2 portion 442 formed in the interior surface of the actuating portion 441, an elastic 3 element 443 adapted to be disposed on the mounted portion 442, two apertures 4 444 formed on the two sidewalls of the actuating device 44 and pivotally mounted on the second protrusions 434, and a limited portion 445 defined on the bottom 6 edge of the interior surface thereof.

7 Each driving device 45 includes a through-hole 451 longitudinally defined 8 therein, a gap 452 formed on the top edge of the through-hole 451 and adapted for 9 disposing the block portion 435 so as to prevent the driving device 45 from turning relative to the hinge 43, a projection 453 protruding from the outer 11 periphery thereof, and two apertures 454 formed thereon and adapted for 12 receiving the first legs 41.

13 While the support stand is unfolded, the table members 20 paralleled the 14 primary shelves 30 and both the leg brace means 40 are in a first position.

Simultaneously, the actuating device 44 abuts with the driving device 45 and the 16 limited portion 445 provided to be below the projection 453.

17 While folding the support stand, a user presses the actuating portion 441 of 18 the actuating device 44 and the limited portion 445 pivotally detaches from the 19 driving device 45gradually so that the driving device 45 can move along the second end of the second leg 42 longitudinally. Then, the actuating device 44 21 will pivot to return to the original position via the elastic element 443 and the 22 driving device 45 moves upward to drive the two first legs 41 to move upward.

23 Subsequently, the user can hold the handles 24 of the table members to 24 provide the table members 20 to pivot relative to the support feet 10 and be getting upright and each driving device 45 and the first legs 41 move downward 26 quickly. Further, the support feet 10 are partially received in the related recesses 1 26. When the support stand is unfolded, the support feet 10 are perpendicular to 2 the table members 20; when the support stand is collapsible, the support feet 10 3 paralleled the table members 20. The driving device 45 is moving downward 4 and the first ends of the first legs are getting approaching to each other.

Referring to Figure 9, a barbecue stove us arranged on the support stand and 6 includes a plurality of feet 101 disposed onto the related receptacles 25 of the 7 table members 20 so that the barbecue Stove 1 can be supported stably on the 8 support stand not to slide on the table members 20.

9 Referring to Figure 10, a second embodiment of the present invention is similar to the first embodiment expect that the second leg 42 is preferred to be 11 U-shaped and the primary shelves 30 is omitted. The support stand further 12 includes two second shelves 50 alternatively received on the bottom of the table 13 members 20 and adapted to be laid things for barbecue while being pulled, and a 14 plurality of hooks 27 formed on the periphery thereof and adapted for hanging things for barbecue. Therefore, it can facilitate the use of the support stand.

Claims

1 What is claimed is: 2 1. A support stand for a barbecue stove comprising: 3 two table members, each table member including two pivoting portions 4 formed on two end thereof, with the pivoting portions adapted for pivotally connecting to the related pivoting portion of another table member via a related 6 pin inserting through, with the table members provided for disposing the barbecue 7 stove; and 8 a plurality of support feet, each support foot including a first end installed to 9 the bottom of the table members pivotally and a second end provided for standing ontheground;and 11 a leg brace means, which is pivotally disposed to the table members and 12 connect to the second end of one pair of the support feet, including two first legs 13 having a first end and a second end, a second leg, a hinge, an actuating device and 14 a driving device, with the second end of each first leg connecting to the second end of the related support feet; 16 wherein the hinge includes a received portion formed longitudinally and 17 provided the second leg to insert therethrough, with each pin of the table members 18 adapted to insert to the second leg through the related pivoting portion of the table 19 members and the hinge; wherein the actuating device connects to the hinge and includes a actuating 21 portion formed on the outer periphery thereof and a limited portion in the interior 22 waIl thereof; 23 wherein the driving device includes a through-hole adapted to the second leg 24 to insert therethrough, a projection formed on the outer periphery of a side of the driving device, with another side of the driving device connecting with the first 26 end of each first leg pivotally.

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2. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein each table member further 2 includes a handle formed on the outer periphery thereof between two pivoting 3 portions, with a hollow space juxtaposed between the handle and the outer 4 periphery of each table member and provided for a user to hold.

3. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein each table member further 6 includes a plurality of recesses formed on the bottom thereof opposite to the 7 pivoting portions and communicating with the periphery thereof, with each recess 8 provided for received the related first end of the support feet.

9 4. The support stand according to claim 2, wherein each table member further includes a plurality of recesses formed on the bottom thereof opposite to the 11 pivoting portions and communicating with the periphery thereof, with each recess 12 provided for received the related first end of the support feet.

13 5. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein each table member further 14 includes a plurality of receptacles formed on the top surface thereof and adapted for installing feet of a barbecue stove.

16 6. The support stand according to claim 2, wherein each table member further 17 includes a plurality of receptacles formed on the top surface thereof and adapted 18 for installing feet of a barbecue stove.

19 7. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein the hinge further includes a block portion extending therefrom longitudinally, and the driving device forming 21 a gap on the top edge thereof, with the block portion limited in the gap.

22 8. The support stand according to claim 2, wherein the hinge further includes a 23 block portion extending therefrom longitudinally, and the driving device forming 24 a gap on the top edge thereof, with the block portion limited in the gap.

9. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein the support stand further 26 includes two primary shelves respectively connecting between the first and 1 second ends of the support feet pivotally, with each primary shelf having an ear 2 and a bolt adapted for inserting through the ear to connect with the related second 3 leg.

4. The support stand according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein each table 11 member further includes a plurality of receptacles formed on the top surface 12 thereof and adapted to receive the feet of a barbecue stove.

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5. The support stand according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein each hinge 14 further includes a block portion protruding longitudinally therefrom, and the associated driving device forms a gap on the top edge thereof, with the block 16 portion located in the gap.

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6. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein the support stand further 18 includes two primary shelves respectively pivotally connecting between the first 19 and second ends of the support feet, with each primary shelf having an ear and a bolt adapted for inserting through the ear to connect with the related second leg.

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7. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein each table member further *:* 22 includes a second shelf, which is received on the bottom thereof in a storage 23 location and can be pulled into an operative position..

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8. The support stand according to claim I, wherein each table member further S..... . * * 25 includes at least one hook on the periphery thereof. * SS * S * * SS

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9. A support stand substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the 2 accompanying drawings. * ** * * * * ** S... * . S... S. * * *. * *.

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10. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein each table member further includes a second shelf, which is received on the bottom thereof in storage and 6 provided to be pulled in use, adapted to be set the things of barbecue thereon.

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11. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein each table member further 8 includes at least one of hooks on the periphery thereof.

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12. A support stand substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN FILED AS FOLLOWS

2 1. A support stand for a barbecue stove comprising: 3 two table members; wherein each table member includes two pivoting 4 portions respectively protruding from two ends thereof, with each of the pivoting portions adapted for pivotally connecting to the related pivoting portion of the 6 other table member via a related pin inserted through them, with the table 7 members providing a support surface for the barbecue stove; and 8 a plurality of support feet, each support foot including a first end pivotally 9 connected to the bottom of the table members pivotally and a second end provided for standing on the ground; and 11 a pair of leg brace means, each of which is pivotally connected to the table 12 members and connected to the second ends of the support feet, each leg brace 13 means including two first legs having a first end and a second end, a second leg, a 14 hinge, an actuating device and a driving device, with the second end of each first leg connecting to the second end of one of the related support feet; 16 wherein each hinge includes a receiving portion that receives the second end 17 of the associated second leg, with the pins that interconnect the table members 18 also connecting the second legs to the table members; 19 wherein each actuating device is connected to the associated hinge and includes an actuating portion formed on the outer periphery thereof and a limiting 21 portion on the bottom of the interior surface thereof; and *:*::* 22 wherein each driving device includes a through-hole adapted to receive the *...

23 associated second leg, a projection formed on the outer periphery of a side of the 24 driving device, with another side of the driving device pivotally connected to the * * 25 first end of each associated first leg. * ** * S S * ** I0

1 2. The support stand according to claim 1, wherein each table member further 2 includes a handle formed on the outer periphery thereof between two pivoting 3 portions, with a hollow space juxtaposed between the handle and the outer 4 periphery of each table member to enable a user to hold the handle.

3. The support stand according to claim I or claim 2, wherein each table 6 member further includes a plurality of recesses formed on the bottom thereof 7 opposite to the pivoting portions and communicating with the periphery thereof, 8 with the recesses being arranged to receive the related first ends of the support 9 feet.