US3125999A - Kates - Google Patents

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R. KATES March 24, 1964 BAR BECUE' WITH ADJUSTABLY SUPPORTABLE GRID Filed May 29, 1953- INVENTOR. RICHARD KA rEs %7 A Tram/Er United States Patent 3,125,999 BARBECUE WITH ADIUSTABLY SUPPORTABLE GRID Richard Kates, Park Lane, Madison, NJ. Filed May 29, 1963, Ser. No. 284,068 Claims. (Cl. 126-25) This invention relates to barbecues and, more particularly, to one having a food support grid or grill which may be adjusted with respect to a supporting frame and means therebeneath for holding a bed of fuel.

The barbecue features of my invention may be used in a cabinet which is movable on Wheels and which has a support for holding a bed of fuel beneath an adjustably supported grid, said cabinet also desirably having a spit or other device for holding meat or other food to be cooked or heated over the fuel. However, I do not wish to be limited to the use of my device in connection with such a barbecue, which is referred to as merely illustrative. An object of the present invention is to provide a novel and approved construction involving one or more grids, the front and rear portions of which are selectively engageable and disengageable with respect to a supporting frame and one of said portions, desirably the rear, is supportable from said frame at a selected elevation, thereby making it possible to not only raise or lower said portion, but to vary the inclination of the grid with respect to a bed of fuel disposed therebeneath.

These and other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following detailed description when taken with the accompanying drawings. It will be understood that the drawings are for purposes of illustration and do not define the scope or limits of the invention, reference being had for the latter purpose to the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote like parts in the several views:

FIGURE 1 is an isometric view of a frame with a pair of grids or grills adjustably supported thereon, one of said grids being shown in one position and the other in another position.

FIGURE 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view to a larger scale on the line 22 of FIGURE 1, in the direction of the arrows.

FIGURE 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 33 of FIGURE 1, in the direction of the arrows.

FIGURE 4 is a vertical sectional view corresponding to FIGURE 2, but showing in skeleton lines the grid with its front end portion raised preparatory to adjusting the supported position thereof.

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary plan of a portion of one of the grids.

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of the far or left rear corner portion of the device as viewed in FIGURE 1, said view being as taken on the line 6-6 of FIGURE 2, in the direction of the arrows.

FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line 77 of FIGURE 2, in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character A designates the assembled frame and associated grills or grids B and C embodying my invention. The elongated or rectangular frame A, which in use holds said grids over a support D for a bed of fuel, consists of a normally front side member 11, a normally rear side member 12, which forms the major portions of the sides of said frame. The frame A is completed by generally U-shaped end members 13 and 14. The normally front member 11 is inverted U-shape in section, as shown most clearly in FIGURES 2, 3 and 4.

The normally rear member 12 is likewise inverted U-shape in section but, instead of having flanges of uniform height depending from a top Web, like those of the EJZSEW Patented Mar. 24, I964 "ice member 11, it has an inner flange 15 which is considerably deeper than its outer flange 16. The depth of the outer flange 16 may correspond with the depth of the flanges 17 and 18 of the front or side member 11.

The end members 13 and 14 are generally U-shape in plan but are inverted U-shape in section, as shown most clearly in FIGURE 7. In this case, however, the inner flange 19 of each of the end members 13 and 14 is of less depth than the outer flange 21 at the end of the frame. Said flange 19, however, increases in depth as it merges into the arms of the U-shaped member, 13 or 14, to a depth corresponding with that of the flanges 15 and 18. These end portions of the U-shaped end members 13 and 14, desirably, but not necessarily telescope inside of the adjacent end portions of the front and rear members 11 and 12, as shown most clearly in FIGURES l to 4, inclusive, 6 and 7, because it is desirable that the webs on top elements of the front and rear members he correspondingly wider than those of the end members, and are secured thereto as by means of screws 22. Thus, they may be assembled or disassembled at will, thereby allowing for convenient transportation and storage.

The grills or grids B and C are supportable within the frame defined by the U-shaped end members 13 and 14 of the generally straight side members 11 and 12 by having a pair of rearwardly projecting members or elements, desirably formed as loops 23 and 24. Such loops may be extensions of the cross pieces 25 between the front and rear elements of the peripheral frame member 26. Intermediate portions of said frame member 26 are united with longitudinally extending frame parts 27 and 28 of each of the grids B and C.

At the front end of each grill or grid B and C is a single forwardly projecting member or element 29 desirably likewise formed as a single loop by corerspondingly extending a pair of cross members 25. The extended cross members are desirably those which form the end elements of the pair of loops 23 and 24, as shown most clearly in FIGURE 5. The pair of elements 23 and 24 are desirably selectively receivable in correspondingly paired slots or elongated apertures 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38. That is, the loop 23 of the grid B is receivable in either of the apertures 31 and 32 while the loop 24 of grid B is receivable in either of the apertures 33 and 34, thereby determining the elevation of the rear portion of said grid and also the slope thereof.

In the same way the loop 23 of the grid C is receivable in either the upper aperture or slot 35 or the lower aperture or slot 36 and the loop 24 is receivable in the upper aperture 37 or the lower aperture 38, thereby correspondingly determining height and slope of the grid. Although the grid B is shown associated With slots or apertures 31 to 34, inclusive, and the grid C is shown associated with apertures 35 to 38, inclusive, it will be understood that these grids are desirably uniform and interchangeable with respect to one another. It will also be clear that my invention is not limited to slots disposed at only two elevations.

The single loop 29 of the grill B is relatively long and supportable on a ledge 41 desirably formed by removing the inner portion of the web 42 of the front member 11 and the adjacent portion of the flange 18 thereof. In the same way the relatively long loop 43 of the grid C is supportable on a ledge 44 formed by cutting away the inner portion of the web 42 of the member 11 and the adjacent portion of the flange 18 thereof.

In order to adjust a grid with respect to the frame described, it is shifted from the position illustrated in FIG- URE 3 where the loop, 29 or 43, as the case may be, here shown as 43 of the grid C, underlies the remainder of the web 42, to the position illustrated in FIGURES 4 and 5 where it is clear of said web 42, with the inner end of the grid element 39, disposed between the elements forming the loops 23 and 24 desirably abutting the flange 15. The loop is then raised from the full-line position illustrated, whereupon the rear loops may be withdrawn from the receiving slots, such as those designated 31 and 33, and swung down and inserted in slots disposed at a different, here lower, level, such as those designated 36 and 33, as illustrated for the grid C in FIGURES 1 and 3. Then the grid may be pulled forward until its front loop, 29 or 43, underlies or latches under the web 42, as shown in FIG- URE 3. If and when desired, the operation may be reversed and a grid moved from the position illustrated for grid C in FIGURES 1 and 3, through the position illustrated in FIGURES 4 and 5, to the position illustrated in B in FIGURES 1 and 2.

When the grid is in the position shown in FIGURE 3, accidental or unintentional lifting of the grid is prevented, for example, when an effort is made to lift from the grid a piece of meat that is stuck or burned on the grid.

Although a single embodiment has been illustrated and described, it will be understood that modifications may be made Within the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A barbecue grill comprising a substantially rectangular frame portion including end members and first and second side members, said first side member including a top flange and a downwardly extending flange disposed on the inner portion of said first side member, means defining an opening in the top flange of said first side member extending downwardly into said downwardly extending flange and terminating at a point beneath the bottom surface of the top flange of said first side member and above the lowermost extremity of said downwardly extending flange, said second side member including a downwardly extending flange disposed on the innermost portion thereof, said flange on said second side member having relatively greater depth than said downwardly extending flange on said first side member, means defining a plurality of vertically spaced slots in said flange on said second side member, a wire grid' including a peripheral frame element and a plurality of cross members, first and second grid support means disposed on opposite side portions of said peripheral grid frame, said first support means supportingly disposed Within said opening in said first side member of said barbecue frame and selectively removable therefrom and said second grid support means disposed in selected slot defining means in said flange of said second side element.

2. A barbecue grill as defined by claim 1, wherein each of said side members is inverted 'U-shape in section.

3. A barbecue grill as defined by claim 1, wherein one of said side members has relatively shallow depending flanges, the other side member has an outer, relatively shallow depending flange and an inner relatively deep depending flange.

4. A barbecue grill as defined by claim 1, wherein a supporting leg depends from each corner of said frame.

5. A barbecue grill as defined by claim 1, wherein said first and second grid supporting means comprise wire loop elements extending outwardly beyond the normal peripheral outline of said grid.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS,

615,548 Guinean Dec, 6, 1898 FOREIGN PATENTS 3,969 Great Britain Feb. 21, 1898 169,926 Great Britain Oct. 13, 1921

Claims (1)

1. A BARBECUE GRILL COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR FRAME PORTION INCLUDING END MEMBERS AND FIRST AND SECOND SIDE MEMBERS, SAID FIRST SIDE MEMBER INCLUDING A TOP FLANGE AND A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE DISPOSED ON THE INNER PORTION OF SAID FIRST SIDE MEMBER, MEANS DEFINING AN OPENING IN THE TOP FLANGE OF SAID FIRST MEMBER EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE AND TERMINATING AT A POINT BENEATH THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE TOP FLANGE OF SAID FIRST SIDE MEMBER AND ABOVE THE LOWERMOST EXTREMITY OF SAID DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE, SAID SECOND SIDE MEMBER INCLUDING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE DISPOSED ON THE INNERMOST PORTION THEREOF, SAID FLANGE ON SAID SECOND SIDE MEMBER HAVING RELATIVELY GREATER DEPTH THAN SAID DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING

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