Supporting Frame Patents (Class 126/30)
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Patent number: 12228288Abstract: The present invention relates to an enhanced design of a HeatSaver which improves the effectiveness of your gas fire pit by redistributing the heat laterally towards those sitting around gas fire pit. HeatSaver which is versatile, with leg attachment locations and leg extensions that allow HeatSaver to work in a variety of operating environments. The dish can be tilted to provide more directional heat, raised/lowered to match heating needs, used in a convex or concave fashion, and can act as a cover for your gas fire pit when not in use.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Inventors: Paul Wittenberg, Mark Gradwohl
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Patent number: 12171370Abstract: Fire pit systems including a base pan member having a base pan member lower wall with a pan outer periphery, and one or more side walls extending upward from the base pan member lower wall and along the pan outer periphery; at least two rod members extending upward along opposite sides of the pan outer periphery; and one or more additional accessories that are attachable to and detachable from at least one of the at least two rod members, the one or more additional accessories comprising a griddle, a grill, a coffee pot, a Dutch oven, a tubular spacer, a pot holder, a horizontal bar extending between two rod members of the at least two rod members, a warming tray, or any combination thereof. Methods of making and using the fire pit systems.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: KUDU SAFARI BRAAI, LLCInventor: Stebin Horne, III
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Patent number: 12171364Abstract: A portable grill includes a base frame, a set of transverse stabilizers, a support column, a height adjustment assembly, and a cooking platform. The base frame and the transverse stabilizers are configured to rest on a supporting surface. The support column extends upwardly from the base frame. The height adjustment assembly moves up and down the support column and can be selectively fixed in multiple positions along the support column. The cooking platform is coupled to said height adjustment assembly and oriented such that a center of the cooking platform is disposed over a region of the supporting surface between an adjacent pair of the transverse stabilizers.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Inventor: Daniel John Wagner
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Patent number: 12161263Abstract: An articulating outdoor grill includes a central post that everything is attached to. A upper and lower support member which have slideable coupling members configured to engage and interlock with each other. A basket support which is configured to be slidingly disposed over the central post. A basket assembly where food will be cooked. A basket tong which have a first set and a second set of basket hooks.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Inventor: Brent Kesler
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Patent number: 12129675Abstract: A combination umbrella anchoring, stabilizing, and accessory holding assembly facilitates anchoring of an umbrella in shallow water along a shoreline. A tubular, main support rod has a tapered, open-ended, insertion end to facilitate insertion into a seabed while encouraging entry of seabed material therein for stability, and an opposite distal attachment end configured as an umbrella holder. A multi-armed support structure releasably attachable to the attachment end of the main support rod is adapted to securely hold beverage containers, and functions to support a planar tabletop thereon. Accessory supporting components depend downwardly from a lower surface of the tabletop to support hanging accessories. A stabilizing plate mounted about, and releasably secured to, the main support rod functions to stabilize the assembly in a generally upright orientation, while acting against any undesirable upward force, e.g., caused by wind acting against an umbrella canopy.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Inventors: Charles V. Rios, Paul O. Melder, Jr., Raymond Josef Anderson
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Patent number: 12102264Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an air fryer applicable for cooking a pizza, including a bottom bracket provided in a cooking cavity of the air fryer, wherein an air duct plate is provided between an upper part of the bottom bracket and a heating pipe on the top of the cooking cavity, a passing-air reflux port is provided in the middle of the air duct plate, an edge of the air duct plate extends downwards to form a hot air passage with an inner wall of the cooking cavity, and a pizza placement cavity is formed between the bottom bracket and the air duct plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: NINGBO CARELINE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.Inventor: Yichi Zhang
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Patent number: 12048378Abstract: The present invention relates to an interlocking means for connecting a first panel, second panel and a leg of a piece of furniture with each other, wherein the interlocking means comprises an elongated element and a brace element. The elongated element comprises a portion configured to be attached to a first surface of the first panel and a first surface of the second panel and either a securing means configured to receive an interconnection element protruding from the leg or an interconnection element configured to match a securing means formed in the leg. The brace element comprises a portion configured to be attached to a second surface of the first panel and a second surface of the second panel and a through opening configured to receive the interconnection element.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: IKEA SUPPLY AGInventor: Markus Giver
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Patent number: 12000591Abstract: The present invention discloses an adjustable camping wood-burning stove in the technical field of wood-burning stoves, including a stove body. A fixing disk is threadedly connected to the bottom surface of the stove body. A support mechanism is arranged on the fixing disk. An ash collecting disk is arranged on the bottom surface of the fixing disk. The support mechanism is rotationally connected in the ash collecting disk. Three chutes are formed in the stove body. A lifting mechanism is slidingly connected in the chute. The lifting mechanism is provided in the stove body. A stove plate is movably connected to the lifting mechanism. Two sealing plates are slidingly connected between the two fixing strips, which effectively adjusts an apparatus, makes it more convenient to use the apparatus, and further improves the practicability and convenience of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2024Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: SainStore Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chuansong Feng, Shuqi Gao, Tianle Cheng, Hua Liao
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Patent number: 11910955Abstract: Cases for portable grills are disclosed. An example case includes a base, a first flap extending from the base, a second flap extending from the base, a third flap extending from the base, and a fourth flap extending from the base. The base is centrally located relative to the first, second, third, and fourth flaps. The case is configured to be positioned in an open configuration in which the first flap extends radially away from the base in a first direction, the second flap extends radially away from the base in a second direction that differs from the first direction, the third flap extends radially away from the base in a third direction that differs from the first and second directions, and the fourth flap extends radially away from the base in a fourth direction that differs from the first, second, and third directions.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLCInventors: Cassandra A. S. McVey, Romualdo Sonny Siazon, Shannon Ella Cerny
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Patent number: 11849883Abstract: A control system for use with an outdoor cooking apparatus may include a hub and an axle housing adapted to slidably couple with a hub. The control system may also include a motor mounted at or near the upper end of the axle housing and an axle mechanically coupled to the motor and extending through the axle housing to a free end emerging from the lower end of the axle housing. The control system may also include a support coupling attached to the free end of the axle, the support coupling being adapted to support a food support below the axle housing. The axle housing may be selectively arranged and secured relative to the sleeve to position the height of the support coupling relative to the lower end of the axle housing and the axle may rotate about its longitudinal axis when the motor is turned on.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventor: Douglas J Mortenson
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Patent number: 11840858Abstract: A modular recreational and/or survival canvases are disclosed. Each canvas may be used alone or in combination with other canvases to provide shelter. Each canvas includes a base substrate including a plurality of fastener, a plurality of sleeves, and an outer fringe. In a refinement, the canvas may be of a shape such as a hexagon with alternating fasteners along its perimeter such that it may cooperate with one or more other modular canvases to form larger shelters. In one or more embodiments, the canvases may be combined with a construction block and one or more stakes.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventor: Brett Weatherman
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Patent number: 11788728Abstract: Hot surface igniter assemblies used in cooktops are shown and described. The hot surface igniters include a silicon nitride ceramic body with an embedded, resistive, heat-generating circuit. The igniters are less than 0.04 inches thick, and when energized, they reach surface temperatures in excess of 2000° F. in under 4 seconds to ignite combustible gas such as propane, butane, or natural gas. Examples of cook top burner systems are also provided which allow the igniter to remain on after ignition at a power level that is lower than during ignition but high enough to ignite the cooking gas should a flame out occur. Examples are also provided of burners that ignite on a low flow setting (e.g., simmer) as opposed the high flow settings that are common in cook top industry.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SCP R&D, LLCInventors: Jack A. Shindle, Bruce C. Sprowl, Yin Liu
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Patent number: 11653794Abstract: A utensil holding device is disclosed. The device includes one or more removeable and adjustable arms, a continuous rod having a plurality of sections including a first section configured for insertion into the ground, a second section configured to abut the ground and provide support, and a third section configured to receive the one or more removeable and adjustable arms. The sections are preferably integrally connected and formed of a continuous rod having a plurality of bends. Certain embodiments of the one or more removeable and adjustable arms are formed of a disc-shaped end and an elongated rod. The disc-shaped end is a partially folded disc in some embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: DAPL LLCInventor: David Lloyd Plont
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Patent number: 11612271Abstract: A multifunction assemblable barbecue grill, comprising a structural frame with supporting legs, a main cooking grate, a floor and side walls to accommodate a heat source, a hinged lid, a ventilated brazier, and a shaft associated with a member to regulate the main grate with respect to the heat source. At least one S-shaped primary cooking hook is provided. The floor comprises channels flowing into a drain that discharges water into a trough displaceably mounted on two guides. A column integrated to one side of said frame, and secondary elements selected from a griddle, a secondary cooking grate, a substantially rectangular frame with a longitudinal crossbar, a crossbar perpendicular to the column, and combinations thereof, are additionally associated with at least one secondary S-shaped cooking hook. The secondary elements comprise means for fastening to the column, where said elements are slidably mounted vertically in a suspended condition above said brazier.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventor: Walter Aldo Afonso
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Patent number: 11540665Abstract: The fire pit cooking system is configured for use with a fire and a foodstuff. The fire pit cooking system suspends the foodstuff above the fire. The fire pit cooking system is adjustable such that the position of the foodstuff relative to the fire is adjustable. The fire pit cooking system comprises a pedestal, a telescopic stanchion, and a jib structure. The telescopic stanchion attaches the jib structure to the pedestal. The telescopic stanchion forms a load path that transfers the load of the jib structure to the pedestal. The pedestal is a structure that forms a load path that transfers the load of the telescopic stanchion and the jib structure to a supporting surface. The jib structure suspends the foodstuff above the fire. The jib structure attaches to the telescopic stanchion such that the elevation of the jib above the supporting surface is adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventor: Christopher Santele
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Patent number: 11510527Abstract: Fireplace grill insert assemblies suitable for deployment in a fireplace having a fireplace interior and a fireplace frame having a bottom frame panel in the fireplace interior may include an insert assembly frame. At least one grill panel may be supported by the insert assembly frame. At least one frame securing assembly may be provided on the insert assembly frame. The at least one frame securing assembly may be configured to facilitate detachable securement of the insert assembly frame to the bottom frame panel of the fireplace frame and cantilevered support of the insert assembly frame in the fireplace interior of the fireplace as one or more food items are cooked on the grill panel over a fire in the fireplace interior.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Inventor: Grover C. Sikes
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Patent number: 11412889Abstract: A collapsible grill. The collapsible grill includes a base. The base is defined by several walls. An interior cavity is formed by the walls. A rod is affixed to an external surface of the base and extends upward from the base. A platform is mounted onto the rod. The platform can be adjusted vertically on the rod, so that a user can set a desired distance between the platform and the base.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Inventor: Gregory White
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Patent number: 11284744Abstract: A cooking device. A connection mechanism is rigidly attached to the underside of a grill. A plurality of legs is attached to the grill for support. A stove having cookware support extensions is attached to the grill and supported by the connection mechanism. The connection mechanism positions the cookware support extensions tightly against the underside of the grill for optimum heat transfer. In a preferred embodiment, the cooking device is small, lightweight and easily portable.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Inventor: Gerald V. L'Ecuyer
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Patent number: 11076686Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning barbeque grills involves a new and improved barbeque cleaning brush apparatus that has a cover member which houses and protects the brush when not in use. The handle of the cleaning brush is adjustable in length. The cover member is configured to be attached to the side of a barbeque grill.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Inventor: Serritta Radney-Gonzalez
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Patent number: 11045050Abstract: A roasting post comprises a rod having a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to be inserted into the ground. A brace perpendicular to the rod is located at or near the second end. The brace comprises at least one counterbalance hook configured to receive a skewer such that the skewer is held substantially perpendicular to the ground while any food items on the skewer are held over a fire.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Inventor: Robert A. Criner
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Patent number: 10786113Abstract: A scroll-up portable grill assembly, system and method disclosed include grill rods having at least one locking ring disposed on a length of a respective grill rod, each locking ring disposed angularly to the length of the respective grill rod. Also, at least one roller chain is disposed in an angular connection with the grill rods, the roller chain configured to connect the grill rods into a single chain initially resembling a scroll. Additionally, at least one locking rod is insertable through a portion of or through all of the locking rings to give a rigid planar structure to a portion of or to all of the scroll grill. Furthermore, length adjustable legs are attachable to one of the grill rods, the roller chain, the locking rod and a grill rod angle bar termination, the adjustable legs configured to pivot and angularly extend from the grill.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Inventor: Jose Ramirez
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Patent number: 10517442Abstract: The present invention is a device for simultaneously holding a roll of paper towels adjacent to a cloth towel hanger. Structurally, a support is provided for holding the roll of paper towels in an upright orientation, and a cloth towel hanger is provided which interacts directly with the support. For this combination, an extension unit includes an upper rod with the cloth towel hanger. This upper rod is pivotally engaged with a lower rod for rotation about a pivot point. In one configuration, both rods of the extension unit are aligned for insertion into the lumen of the support. In an angled configuration, the extension unit is partially withdrawn from the support, and the upper rod is rotated about the pivot point to project the hanger radially from the support for a joint use of the hanger with the paper towel holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Inventor: Lidia M. Taylor
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Patent number: 10456613Abstract: A stretching/exercising apparatus that is structured and adapted to assist a user in stretching and/or exercising various portions of his or her body is presented herein. At least a portion of the apparatus is at least partially adjustable or positionable in order to accommodate users of different heights, strengths or stretching capabilities. Specifically, one or more horizontal support posts may be height-adjusted along a main vertical post or stanchion in order to vary the configuration of the apparatus for different stretching techniques and advancement levels. The apparatus may be substantially constructed of lightweight wood or other lightweight materials, and thus easily moved or transported from one location to another.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Inventor: Larry Copeland
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Patent number: 10420440Abstract: A fire cooking grill includes a base, a post extending upwardly from the base along a axial centerline of the post, an arm pivotably coupled to the post to pivot about a first axis perpendicular to the centerline, a cooking platform pivotably coupled to the arm for pivotal movement about a second axis perpendicular to the centerline, a link having a first portion pivotably coupled to the post about a third axis perpendicular to the centerline and a second portion pivotably couple to the cooking platform about a fourth axis perpendicular to the centerline and a retainer selectively retaining the arm in one of a plurality of available angles about the first axis. In one implementation, fire cooking grill additionally comprises a swivel facilitating rotation of the cooking platform about the centerline of the post.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Inventor: Mark J. Flick
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Patent number: 10327586Abstract: A cooking grate assembly configured for use on a portable radiant heater with a front safety grille. The cooking grate assembly has a flat main cooking grate with an upper/inner end and a lower/outer end, a pair of spaced hook tabs extending from the upper/inner end of the grate that attach to an upper part of the grille, and a pair of inwardly-angled key tabs extending from the lower/outer end of the grate. A pair of detachable legs supports the grate from a lower part of the grille, with a rotatable locking connection to the key tabs on the grate at one end and opposed inner and outer hooks at the other end that both support the grate on the grille and provide a nesting flat interlock to the rear face of the grate for storage.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Inventors: Thomas Leon Beerens, Faron Jeffrey Beerens
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Patent number: 10150329Abstract: A support structure has two side panels and two support frame assemblies maintaining the side panels in a mutually spaced relationship and at an elevation to enable suspension of hanging file folders from upper surfaces of the side panels. Each side panel has a top member having the upper surface and a bottom member spaced apart from the top member. Terminal ends of each of the top and bottom members are provided with vertical slots. Each support frame assembly has two support legs that extend into the vertical slots of the respective terminal ends of the side panels and has a transverse support member having opposite terminal ends releasably mounted to respective ones of the support legs. Each support leg has first and second leg portions spaced apart from one another by a bend serving as a seat that positions and holds the transverse support member.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Inventor: William E. Romero
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Patent number: 10070641Abstract: A device and method for positioning a coil spring actuated body grip trap on a pole. A strip of material having an aperture therethrough through is inserted between adjacent coils of the coil spring of a coil spring actuated body grip trap so that the aperture of the strip of material extends from the coils. A pole is driven into the ground, the pole having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the aperture of the strip of material. The aperture of the strip of material is slid onto the pole so that the body grip trap is at a desired position on the pole so that the aperture of the strip of material jam-locks on the pole by the weight of the trap.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Inventor: Jeffry Stewart Hagerty
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Patent number: 10054310Abstract: A fast-heating outdoor gas burner apparatus and method for more thorough combustion and more efficient heating of a cooking pot, with increased air flow for increased oxygen for combustion, and a slowed heated-air flow close to the cooking pot.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Burning Point, L.C.Inventors: Caliste A. Lirette, Win Tran
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Patent number: 10015975Abstract: A smoker having an internal perforated smoke stack that is able to smoke food from both the inside and outside. Food is placed inside the smoker and positioned on the perforated smoke stack. The perforated smoke stack is directly connected to the charcoal pan such that smoke enters the perforated smoke stack and out the perforations, thereby providing heat and smoke to the inside of the food in addition to the heat and smoke permeating the smoker's body chamber outside the food.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Inventor: Daniel Parrish
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Patent number: 9982869Abstract: A housing of an electronic module may include: a mounting surface located at one side of the housing, wherein the mounting surface includes at least three sub-mounting surfaces, lines connecting the centers of respective sub-mounting surfaces form a polygon, and a mounting hole extending from one side of the housing to the other side thereof and being opened within an area of the polygon.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: OSRAM GMBHInventors: Yaojun Feng, Yuanyuan He, Yubao He, Yabin Luo, Canbang Yang
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Patent number: 9854936Abstract: A portable camping and survival stove includes a stand comprising a pair of flat stock lower cross-members adjoined via a complementary slot in each member, each lower cross-member having a lower edge and a pair of double tabs spaced apart on an upper edge configured to secure on a shelf there between a lower edge of a rigid container. The disclosed stove also includes a cook top comprising a pair of flat stock upper cross-members adjoined via a complementary slot in each member, each upper cross-member having an upper cooking edge and a pair of double tabs spaced apart on a lower edge configured to secure on a shelf there between an upper edge of the rigid container. Furthermore, the rigid container may be a discarded can or a collapsible four-sided container for flammable material and include holes for air flow in a bottom and at least one side thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Inventor: Clifford Kenneth Young
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Patent number: 9833108Abstract: The barbecue grill with a rotating fire receptacle includes a fire receptacle for receiving wood, charcoal or other combustible materials, which rotates, drawing air through a plurality of air inlets, or vents, formed through a lower wall thereof, thus increasing the oxygen flow through the receptacle and both increasing the rate of combustion as well as providing an enhanced convective path for the heated combustion gases. The barbecue grill with a rotating fire receptacle includes a vertical rod having opposed lower and upper ends, a base secured to the lower end of the vertical rod, the fire receptacle, which is rotatably mounted on the vertical rod, and a vertical support rotatably mounted on the upper end of the vertical rod. The fire receptacle includes the lower wall and at least one sidewall. The fire receptacle has a central aperture and the plurality of air inlets, or vents, formed therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Inventor: Bijan M. Kazerouni
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Patent number: 9782037Abstract: A device for roasting a food item includes a stand having a frame adapted to be positioned on a surface of a cooking device. The frame includes an upper frame member. A food hanger is adapted to support the food item and engages the upper frame member in a removable fashion so that a majority of the food item is suspended below the upper frame member and above the surface of the cooking device when the frame is positioned thereon.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Williams-Sonoma, Inc.Inventors: Michelle Foss, Ian Allan, Peter Degnan, Philip Rose, Ryan Peloquin, Matthew Frank
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Patent number: 9781777Abstract: A tray for a microwave oven and a microwave oven having the same is disclosed. Heat generators are formed on the surface of a tray unit of the tray for a microwave oven through transfer coating carried out at a high temperature, and thus the tray for a microwave oven may be heated to a high temperature, thereby being capable of effectively forming a grill mark on food to be cooked.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki Suk Jeon, Jong Chull Shon, Min Gyu Jung
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Patent number: 9713401Abstract: It is important to have a safe cooking environment when cooking outdoors and this is particularly important when heating cooking oil on an uneven ground surface. This device will support a cooking pot on a platform that is elevated above the ground and allow the oil to be heated while also insuring that the pot remain level and prevent the structure from tipping. In the event that the structure tips or allows any of the oil to splash outside the container personal injury may occur and this device prevent that occurrence.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Inventor: Sean Hensley
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Patent number: 9669369Abstract: A mixing bucket stabilizing assembly includes a base that has a top side, a bottom side and a perimeter edge extending between the top and bottom sides. A bracket is attached to the top side of the base. The bracket releasably engages a mixing bucket. A plurality of legs is attached to and extends downwardly from the bottom side. A frame is attached to and extends upwardly from the base. The frame has a central aperture extending therethrough. The central aperture is aligned with the bracket and extends around the mixing bucket. The mixing bucket is frictionally engaged by the bracket to retain the mixing bucket on the base while material within the mixing bucket is mixed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Inventor: Ryan L. Mees
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Patent number: 9651191Abstract: A modular basin apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel and a third panel. The panels include a plurality of slots that receive portions of the other panels. A user may assemble the panels to form a three-dimensional basin apparatus. A concave cavity is formed on the upper side of the apparatus when assembled, and the cavity may be receive materials depending on the application of the assembly. In some embodiments, the apparatus may be used as a modular fire pit, chair, table, or other device. A fourth panel may rest against the first, second and third panels to provide an upper surface. In some embodiments, all panels include the same planform profile and outer dimensions such that they may be stacked in an arrangement having a uniform outer profile for improved transport and storage.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Inventors: David Grisham, Patrick Weber
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Patent number: 9622755Abstract: Tools or other instruments can be used by a surgeon to complete an orthopedic procedure. One tool can include a reference block and a cutting block coupled to the reference block via an adjuster. The reference block can include a body portion and a depth arm having at least one longitudinal groove extending along a side surface. The adjuster can be coupled to the cutting block and configured to move the cutting block along the depth arm. The adjuster can include a roller having an elongate body, the roller including at least one circular guide member and a turn knob positioned along the elongate body, and a resilient member having a base and at least one leg extending from the base, where the adjuster is configured to couple the cutting block to the depth arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.Inventor: James S. Collins
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Patent number: 9605787Abstract: A pump riser provided with recesses positioned and configured to receive and frictionally engage the legs of a septic system pump. The riser may support the pump above a support surface such as the bottom of the tank of a septic system. The riser body may include legs for supporting the riser body. The lower surface of a pump body may be supported above the upper surface of the riser body as the result of engagement between legs of a pump and the recesses.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Inventor: Timothy Lee Baumann
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Patent number: 9605853Abstract: A home appliance having an oven rack including an appliance body having a plurality of oven walls defining an oven cavity; an oven rack for removable disposition in the oven cavity, wherein the oven rack includes two flat side panels and a plurality of straight cross members extending laterally therebetween to define a cooking vessel support surface; and a pair of traveling gliders wherein each glider includes a channel configured for receipt of one of the side panels wherein the oven rack can travel in and out of the oven cavity supported at the side panels by the traveling gliders.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: BSH Home Appliances CorporationInventors: Jennifer A. Hoffman, Rose Marie Parker
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Patent number: 9554669Abstract: An apparatus is adapted to be placed over an open flame source and employed as a grilling surface for cooking. The apparatus further has a flat grilling platform, a support frame, and a hoist assembly. The grilling platform is operatively suspended from the support frame by the hoist assembly such that the hoist assembly can raise and lower the grilling platform as desired. An embodiment of the apparatus provides for a fire box to facilitate construction and containment of a fire for use with the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Inventor: Rick Hughes
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Patent number: 9550305Abstract: A bakery cutting guide includes a rim for surrounding baked goods with a plurality of spaced apart pins extending upwardly from the rim. A bar is provided and postionable for engaging pairs of opposing pins for guiding a knife or scorer across the baked goods in order to cut or mark the baked goods in a selected geometric pattern and a plurality of legs extend downwardly from the rim for supporting the rim in an elevated position above a top of the baked goods.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Inventor: Mary L. Caputo
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Patent number: 9464811Abstract: A wood fueled camping stove generally including (a) a stove chamber having an aperture, a tubular heat riser and a burn chamber, wherein the burn chamber extends perpendicularly from the heat riser; (b) a fuel feed drawer received in the aperture of the stove chamber, the fuel feed drawer having a forward portion and a drawer portion, wherein the drawer portion is sized and shaped to be received in and supported by the burn chamber; (c) telescopic legs extending from said stove chamber, adjustable by means of snap buttons and corresponding apertures; (d) a standoff grate, positioned on an interior ledge of said stove chamber; (e) a skillet having a short, hollow tube affixed to the side thereof, with corresponding apertures to receive the handle in a plurality of positions; (f) a pot having a short, hollow tube affixed to the side thereof, with corresponding apertures to receive the handle in a plurality of positions; (g) a tube affixed to the exterior of the stove chamber; and (h) a handle received in and reType: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Inventor: Jeffrey Lee Coffman
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Patent number: 9392904Abstract: A grill includes a cooking unit defining a heating cavity for receiving and heating foodstuff. A base supports the cooking unit above a support surface. The base includes a first side baffle and an opposing second side baffle. Each baffle includes a first plate pivotally attached to a second plate. The plates are pivotable between a first configuration in which the plates extend generally parallel to one another and the support surface and a second configuration in which the plates extend generally parallel to and abutting one another and generally perpendicularly to the support surface to form a side baffle. A lid is pivotally attached to at least a portion of the cooking unit to selectively open and close the heating cavity.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.Inventor: Michael Garman
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Patent number: 9357875Abstract: Disclosed herein is a combination outdoor cooking and firewood support apparatus having a frusto-conical frame designed to support firewood in a substantially upright orientation along a periphery of the frame in a manner such that the firewood lean toward the center of the frame. A cooking grate can be positioned on the upper end of the frame over the interior area so that food can be cooked over heat generated by the leftover coal from the burnt firewood that fell into the interior area of the frame. The apparatus can be collapsed into a flattened configuration when some of the arms are detached from at least one of the frame members while other arms remain attached to the frame members.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Inventor: Salvatore Guiliano
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Patent number: 9322174Abstract: A cantilevered leaf spring is biased against the upper edge of a roofing tile to prevent the tile from sliding upward beneath an overlying upper row of roofing tiles. The leaf spring can be formed as a part of a tile fastener which includes a hooked portion for receiving and holding the lower edge of a roofing tile on a roof. A series of tile fasteners is mounted to a layer of roofing material to facilitate installation of tiles without the need for installation tools. Damaged tiles can be easily replaced without the need for installation or removal tools. With this system, each row of underlying tiles is locked in place by the combined effect of an overlying and overlapping row of tiles and a spring awl on an upper fastener pushing the upper edge of a tile downwardly so that the lower edge of the tile is forced into the mouth of a lower fastener.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Inventors: John M. Williams, Robert B. Williams
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Patent number: 9215950Abstract: A portable grill assembly includes a grill grate, a fire tray, the fire tray including a plurality of holes, a plate configured to be secured to the fire tray, a gap created between the plate and the fire tray to enable a uniform flow of oxygen to pass through the gap on all sides of the fire tray into the holes and a grid pattern extending upward from the fire tray to elevate a fuel over the holes, and a support stake. The support stake includes at least one coupler to secure multiple sections of the support stake, the coupler includes a lip to prevent movement of sections of the support stake relative to the coupler. The support stake is configured to secure and position the fire tray a distance above the ground and to secure and position the grill grate a distance above the fire tray.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Inventor: Jeffrey D. Walker
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Patent number: 9215914Abstract: A system and method for increasing customer interest in articles of manufacture, including hand-held portable canopies, such as umbrellas and parasols. A set of actuating components are coupled to moveable elements of the article of manufacture, the moveable elements respond to operation of an user-controlled actuating mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Inventor: Finn Alexander Strong
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Publication number: 20150136110Abstract: The outdoor cooking apparatus comprises an enclosed area defining a heat containment structure, a spine operably connected to the heat containment structure, a collar operably connected to the spine, a quick release device or hinge attachable to a collar on the spine or a spine sleeve, and at least one cooking support attached or attachable to the device or hinge. The device or hinge is adapted for efficient attachment and removal of the cooking support to and from the spine and further adapted for rotatable movement around a central vertical axis of the spine and vertical movement along a vertical length of the spine, thus allowing the user to adjust and customize the intensity of the heat on the cooking support. The cooking supports are also adapted to accommodate a plurality of cooking surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: TOWNLINE HOLDING, INC.Inventors: David A. Jacques, Mark I. Jacques, Mark D. McMullen
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Patent number: 9010312Abstract: The foldable Sportsman EZ grill is described. The Sportsman EZ portable grill has a grill member and a frame. The frame supports the Sportsman EZ grill on a support surface, keeping the front legs away from the fire/heat source, extending outwardly and in an arch from the frame. The support arms have a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end is joined to the support structure which connects to the grill member.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Inventor: Gary E. Rinderle