Patents by Inventor Wayne E. Thuenemann

Wayne E. Thuenemann 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).

  • Direct and indirect outdoor cooker
    Patent number: 6314868
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an outdoor cooker or barbeque that cooks food by providing direct or indirect heat from a heat source of the cooker to the food. The outdoor cooker has a gas or charcoal heat source that provides direct and indirect heat to foods supported on a cooking surface of the grill by operation of a plurality of parallel louvers between the heat source and grill that are moved between first, upright positions of the louvers that provide direct heating of the food and second, angled relative positions of the louvers that provide indirect heating of the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Empire Comfort Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Christensen, John A. Hart, Wayne E. Thuenemann