Patents by Inventor Shawn Minshall

Shawn Minshall 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).

  • Publication number: 20060160485
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a barbeque grill light that is portable and easily adjustable so as to provide task lighting for illuminating items cooking on a grate at night or under low light conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: George Brake, Shawn Minshall
  • Patent number: 6561179
    Abstract: A gas grill that is structurally engineered such that it can be easily and rapidly assembled by a person of limited technical ability in a simplified manner with only a single open end wrench. The gas grill of the present invention comprises a base or bottom shelf, four legs, four casters, a firebox, a main upper body, a burner assembly, a pivotable door or lid, a rock grate, briquette or lava rock, a cooking grid, one or more warming racks, two side shelves, one or more front panels, a pair of side panels, a propane assembly, and a valve assembly. The firebox, main upper body, and the legs of the gas grill of the present invention are secured together by a plurality of externally threaded bolts which pass through openings in the main upper body, the firebox and the upper end portion of each leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Fiesta Gas Grills, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Brake, Shawn Minshall
  • Patent number: 5323758
    Abstract: A barbecue grill is disclosed having a plurality of vertical leg members, a cooking vessel, a bracket for securing the vertical leg members and supporting the cooking vessel, wherein the bracket has a pair of oppositely disposed shelf attachments. Each of the shelf attachments has a pair of horizontally and vertically offset extensions with slots therein, and at least one side shelf has a pair of horizontally and vertically offset pins on opposite sides thereof adapted to slide within respective ones of the slots for selectively: 1) locking the shelf in a horizontal position; 2) pivoting the shelf downwardly from the horizontal position to a vertical position; and 3) removing the shelf from the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Fiesta Barbeques Ltd.
    Inventors: Shawn Minshall, Stuart McKenzie
  • Patent number: D462564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Fiesta Gas Grills, LLC
    Inventors: George Brake, Shawn Minshall