Patents by Inventor Allen R. McNeill

Allen R. McNeill has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7032587
    Abstract: A barbecue grill apparatus for sustaining charcoal burning in an outdoor smoker/cooker has a divider wall with a plurality of bends that form a circuitous pathway between opposing surface sections of the wall. The wall is received into a heat chamber of the smoker/cooker resting on its bottom edge, and the pathway is lined with cooking fuel. The fuel is burned along the pathway which causes the fuel to burn slowly and at a reduced heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: Allen R. McNeill
  • Publication number: 20040154606
    Abstract: A barbecue grill apparatus for sustaining charcoal burning in an outdoor smoker/cooker has a divider wall with a plurality of bends that form a circuitous pathway between opposing surface sections of the wall. The wall is received into a heat chamber of the smoker/cooker resting on its bottom edge, and the pathway is lined with cooking fuel. The fuel is burned along the pathway which causes the fuel to burn slowly and at a reduced heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Allen R. McNeill
  • Patent number: 6688301
    Abstract: A barbecue grill accessory for sustaining charcoal burning in a charcoal barbecue grill has a loop form divider wall with a top and opposite bottom edge. The loop is received into a heat chamber of a charcoal barbecue grill resting on its bottom edge and divides the interior volume of the heat chamber into an inner volume and an outer volume that surrounds the inner volume. The outer volume receives the charcoal, and the divider wall supports the charcoal as it is piled up in the outer volume. The loop also allows the charcoal to be arranged in a path around the loop with a start point and an end point. The charcoal may then be ignited in the outer volume so that the charcoal burns over time through the outer volume along the path from the start point to the end point along the outer periphery of the divider loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventor: Allen R. McNeill
  • Patent number: 6591989
    Abstract: In a combination of a display sleeve and a dispensing container, the dispensing container has a hollow interior volume for holding and dispensing materials and a dispensing opening for allowing materials contained in the interior volume to be passed through the opening to outside the dispensing container. The display sleeve has a body with a hollow interior volume and an installation entrance to the hollow interior of the body. The hollow interior volume of the body is adapted to receive the dispensing container. The display sleeve has an access opening where the access opening is shaped to coincide and match with the dispensing opening when the dispensing container is inserted into the display sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Inventor: Allen R. McNeill
  • Publication number: 20010052477
    Abstract: In a combination of a display sleeve and a dispensing container, the dispensing container has a hollow interior volume for holding and dispensing materials and a dispensing opening for allowing materials contained in the interior volume to be passed through the opening to outside the dispensing container. The display sleeve has a body with a hollow interior volume and an installation entrance to the hollow interior of the body. The hollow interior volume of the body is adapted to receive the dispensing container. The display sleeve has an access opening where the access opening is shaped to coincide and match with the dispensing opening when the dispensing container is inserted into the display sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2000
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventor: Allen R. McNeill