Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Convertible
Reexamination Certificate
2001-08-24
2002-07-23
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Convertible
C099S355000, C099S446000, C099S450000, C099S482000, C126S00900B, C126S0250AA
Reexamination Certificate
active
06422134
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to barbeque grills and more particularly pertains to a new grill apparatus for grilling large quantities of food.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of barbeque grills is known in the prior art. More specifically, barbeque grills 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. 4,108,055; U.S. Pat. No. 4,170,173; U.S. Pat. No. 5,373,778; U.S. Pat. No. 5,325,841; U.S. Pat. No. 4,757,756, and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 409,435.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new grill apparatus. The inventive device includes a drum support assembly including a plurality of leg members, and also including cross members interconnecting said leg members; and also including a drum member having a side wall which is securely mounted upon top ends of the leg members and also having end walls and further having an opening disposed through the side wall and into the drum member and also having a hole being disposed through one of the end walls; and also includes a lid being hingedly attached to the drum member and being closable over the opening; and further includes a door being hingedly attached to the drum member and being closable over the hole, and also includes a grate assembly including a grate member being removably disposed in the drum member; and further includes tray members being attached to the drum member.
In these respects, the grill apparatus 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 grilling large quantities of food.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of barbeque grills now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new grill apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for grilling large quantities of food.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new grill apparatus which has many of the advantages of the barbeque grills mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new grill apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art barbeque grills, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a drum support assembly including a plurality of leg members, and also including cross members interconnecting said leg members; and also including a drum member having a side wall which is securely mounted upon top ends of the leg members and also having end walls and further having an opening disposed through the side wall and into the drum member and also having a hole being disposed through one of the end walls; and also includes a lid being hingedly attached to the drum member and being closable over the opening; and further includes a door being hingedly attached to the drum member and being closable over the hole; and also includes a grate assembly including a grate member being removably disposed in the drum member; and further includes tray members being attached to the drum member.
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 wheeled grill apparatus which has many of the advantages of the barbeque grills mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new grill apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art barbeque grills, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new grill apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new grill apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new grill apparatus 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 grill apparatus economically available to the buying public.
Still vet another object of the present invention is to provide a new grill apparatus 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 grill apparatus for grilling large quantities of food.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new grill apparatus which includes a drum support assembly including a plurality of leg members, and also including cross members interconnecting said leg members; and also including a drum member having a side wall which is securely mounted upon top ends of the leg members and also having end walls and further having an opening disposed through the side wall and into the drum member and also having a hole being disposed through one of the end walls; and also includes a lid being hingedly attached to the drum member and being closable over the opening; and further includes a door being hingedly attached to the drum member and being closable over the hole; and also includes a grate assembly including a grate member being removably disposed in the drum member; and further includes tray members being attached to the drum member.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new grill apparatus that is easy and convenient to use.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new grill apparatus that effectively and efficie
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