Stoves and furnaces – Stoves – Cooking
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-22
2001-03-20
Lazarus, Ira S. (Department: 3743)
Stoves and furnaces
Stoves
Cooking
C126S213000, C362S093000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06202640
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to outdoor lighting devices and, more particularly, to a gas powered barbecue grill lighting apparatus.
The use of outdoor cooking grills has become very popular and such grills are often used for cooking an evening meal. The use of outdoor grills during the evening often results in an inadequate amount of ambient light being available to discern when the meat has been completely cooked. Various devices have been proposed in the prior art for lighting a grill, such as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,992,618 to Matthews, U.S. Pat. No. 5,257,169 to Walendziak, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,664,875 to Hegedus. Although assumably effective for their particular purposes, they are not as suitable for use with new or existing outdoor gas grills as the invention disclosed herein.
Therefore, it is desirable to have a grill lighting device that is easily installed on new or existing gas grills. It is further desirable to have an apparatus which can be powered by the same combustible fuel that operates the gas grill. Finally, it is desirable to have a lighting apparatus which is pivotal so as to selectably light the grill cooking grate or an area adjacent to the grill.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A grill lighting apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a hollow conduit having a rectangular circumference as is customary for portable grill frame members. The conduit has a first end portion mounted to a horizontally disposed hollow frame member of an outdoor gas grill, such as an arm supporting a side platform of the grill. The conduit further includes a second end portion parallel to and spaced apart from the first end portion by an intermediate portion extending upwardly therebetween.
An illumination assembly is pivotally coupled to the second end portion such that it can be positioned to illuminate the cooking grate of the grill or an area adjacent to the grill. A hose having first and second ends extends through the hollow interior of the intermediate and second end portions of the conduit. The first end of the hose may be connected to a container of combustible fuel, such as propane gas, that is also used to fuel the cooking means of the grill. The second end of the hose is coupled to the illumination assembly for supplying fuel thereto. The illumination assembly further includes a mantle and igniter for selectably providing light during operation thereof.
Therefore, it is a general object of this invention to provide a lighting apparatus which can be used with a gas grill for illuminating food cooking on a cooking grate thereof.
Another object of this invention is to provide a lighting apparatus, as aforesaid, which is easy to install on new and existing portable gas grills.
Still another object of this invention is to provide a lighting apparatus, as aforesaid, which is economical to manufacture.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide a lighting apparatus, as aforesaid, which includes an illumination assembly operated with the same combustible fuel used to operate the grill.
A further object of this invention is to provide a lighting apparatus, as aforesaid, in which the illumination assembly is pivotal so as to direct light upon the cooking grate or an area adjacent the grill.
A still further object of this invention is to provide a lighting apparatus, as aforesaid, in which the illumination assembly may be operated from the main control panel of the grill.
Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein is set forth by way of illustration and example, an embodiment of this invention.
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Naperola James B.
Shotko Brian
Clarke Sara
Lazarus Ira S.
Ream Dale J.
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