Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Collapsible – expansible or sectional support
Reexamination Certificate
2002-02-07
2002-08-27
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Collapsible, expansible or sectional support
C099S340000, C099S4210HH, C099S450000, C099S482000, C126S00900B, C126S0250AA
Reexamination Certificate
active
06439111
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a collapsible barbecue grill, particularly to one having a body in a box shape capable of being pivoted with two side plates respectively disposed at both side walls thereof and a cover plate disposed at a rear wall thereof, each of the two side plates provided with a plurality of engagement grooves; a plurality of positioning members capable of being screwed with the cover plate for connecting the two side plates and the cover plate when the body is extended; and, a supporting frame capable of being placed across the two side plates of the body for supporting a grid member, by which a combination of the aforementioned components enables the collapsible barbecue grill of the present invention to be quickly extended or folded with easiness, and to be convenient for carrying and storage only with occupied minimal space when folded.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Generally speaking, a known conventional barbecue grill
1
has a body
10
provided with a grid member
11
placed thereon and legs
12
fixed to a bottom of the body
10
by screw members
120
, as shown in FIG.
1
. However, it is very inconvenient and time-consuming for users to take the legs
12
apart from the known barbecue grill
1
by unscrewing all the screw members
120
when the known barbecue grill
1
is not in use. Moreover, the known barbecue grill
1
is limited to be used in a fixed position without the possibility of being turned in different directions for users to choose a better grilling direction at any time or adjusted to various heights for users to select preferred heights according to the needs of users in different heights for a comfortable barbecue.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The main purpose of the invention is to offer a collapsible barbecue grill capable of being quickly extended in use or folded for the convenience of carrying.
The main feature of the invention is to provide a collapsible barbecue grill having a body in a box shape capable of being pivoted with two side plates respectively disposed at both side walls thereof and a cover plate disposed at a rear wall thereof, each of the two side plates provided with at least one passage formed therein and an insert groove disposed at a rear end thereof, a plurality of engagement grooves disposed at one side of each passage, two slots respectively disposed in proper places of both sides of the cover plate; a plurality of positioning members capable of being screwed with the cover plate for connecting the two side plates and the cover plate when the body is extended; and, a supporting frame capable of being placed across the two side plates of the body for supporting a grid member.
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patent: 6000388 (1999-12-01), Andress
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