Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Convertible
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-17
2001-01-16
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Convertible
C099S446000, C099S450000, C099S482000, C126S0250AA, C126S04100R
Reexamination Certificate
active
06173644
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to gas grill converters and more particularly pertains to a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill for conveniently using charcoal or other flammable material in a gas grill.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of gas grill converters is known in the prior art. More specifically, gas grill converters heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,481,965; U.S. Pat. No. 3,385,282; U.S. Pat. No. 5,273,555; U.S. Pat. No. 3,598,102; U.S. Pat. No. 4,531,506; and U.S. Pat. Des. No. 395,548.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill. The inventive device includes an adapter container for holding flammable material. The adapter container is removably positionable in the interior of the housing. The screen is removable from the housing. The adapter container is positionable on the heating system within the housing of a gas grill. The flammable material is placed in the container and ignited. The screen is replaced such that the screen covers the adapter container.
In these respects, the apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of conveniently using charcoal or other flammable material in a gas grill.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of gas grill converters now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill construction wherein the same can be utilized for conveniently using charcoal or other flammable material in a gas grill.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the gas grill converters mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art gas grill converters, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises an adapter container for holding flammable material. The adapter container is removably positionable in the interior of the housing. The screen is removable from the housing. The adapter container is positionable on the heating system within the housing of a gas grill. The flammable material is placed in the container and ignited. The screen is replaced such that the screen covers the adapter container.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the gas grill converters mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art gas grill converters, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill for conveniently using charcoal or other flammable material in a gas grill.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill which includes an adapter container for holding flammable material. The adapter container is removably positionable in the interior of the housing. The screen is removable from the housing. The adapter container is positionable on the heating system within the housing of a gas grill. The flammable material is placed in the container and ignited. The screen is replaced such that the screen covers the adapter container.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill that is simple to use and converts a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill in a very short amount of time.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and
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