Burner Stands Patents (Class 126/40)
  • Patent number: 7222619
    Abstract: A barbecue has a pair of storable shelves mounted on opposite portions of the barbecue housing adjacent the upper open end of the housing. The shelves are rotatable about generally vertical pivot axes so that each can be swung between a first position for use outside the housing and a second position for storage inside the housing. The shelves are positioned, one over the other, for storage inside the housing when each is in the second position. Swinging movement of each of the shelves between the first and second position is provided by a downwardly extending shaft at an end of a bracket on which the shelf is mounted, which shaft is rotatably received within a mating vertical aperture in a mounting assembly mounted at the inside surface of the barbecue housing. Recesses in the shelf brackets permit the brackets to be positioned over and to nest on the rim of the housing when in the first position outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Original Ideas, Inc
    Inventor: Robert A. DeMars
  • Patent number: 7207326
    Abstract: A barbeque assembly including a support structure for a barbeque grill housing that may be easily and quickly assembled. Assembly of the support structure may be completed with few or no tools. The support structure includes first (62) and second support (64) members for supporting the grill housing (74) in a generally horizontal orientation, and a cross beam (66). A manually installable connector (200) is used to manually connect the cross beam (66) at a first end to the first support member (62) and to manually connect the cross beam (66) at a second end to the second support member (64). The first and second support members (62, 64) and connection member (66) preferably form a substantially rigid structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventors: Stuart T. McKenzie, Sydney Richard Barkhouse
  • Patent number: 7188617
    Abstract: A portable outdoor cooker particularly adapted for boats and convertible for grill, griddle, steam and roast cooking. A cooker unit having an open top and a propane gas log interiorly positioned and attached to a propane supply is provided. Various racks and pans and covers are mounted on the cooker providing the ability to grill, griddle, steam or roast. The cooker has removable or retractable legs for mounting on boat rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventor: Warren E. O'Blenes
  • Patent number: 7174886
    Abstract: There is provided a safety apparatus for a portable gas range, by which safety measures are conducted before an internal pressure of a canister is rapidly increased to an abnormal high pressure due to radiant heat or the like in use to prevent the canister from being overheated and thus obviate explosion of the canister, and a method for operating the safety apparatus. When the internal pressure of the canister reaches a predetermined pressure P0 just below a danger pressure P1, a desired amount of gas is discharged from the canister to a burner for combustion of the gas by operating a safety operating member 11 urged by a resilient spring S0, thereby maintaining the canister at a low pressure. If the low pressure is continuously maintained, the gas range is returned to its original combustion state, and the process is repeated, thereby improving a thermal efficiency of the gas range using the combustion of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Sang Shik Kong
  • Patent number: 7168426
    Abstract: A portable gas stove assembly includes a gas stove and a stove stand, wherein the gas stove has a fuel tank for storing fuel, a flow regulating valve for regulating the flow of the fuel, a fuel nozzle for guiding the fuel flowing from the flow regulating valve, a burner at the top of the fuel nozzle, an adjusting rod on one side of the flow regulating valve for controlling the fuel passing through the flow regulating valve and a first connecting device proximate to the burner; and the stove stand includes a placing section for placing a cooking utensil and a second connecting device disposed on the placing section corresponding to the first connecting device for integrally coupling the stove stand with the first connecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Inventor: Huang-Hsi Hsu
  • Patent number: 7007688
    Abstract: This invention discloses a heat control device of a portable gas stove, comprising a hollow cylindrical button base and a switch button, an installing slot protruded from the top of the inner wall of the button base, a spring disposed in the installing slot, and a pressing member with its rear end being installed in a limit notch at the open end of the button base for mutual engagement. The pressing member is completely latched into the limit notch to ensure a complete shutdown of the gas supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Rekrow Industrial Inc.
    Inventor: Jin-Shong Kao
  • Patent number: 6997176
    Abstract: A quick and easy to use campfire, fueled by portable bottles of propane gas connected through a variable high-pressure regulator that is used to adjust the fireball size. The burner assembly is a round tube used as a manifold and bent in an annular shape using the size and location of the orifices to produce the shape, activity and texture of the campfire flame. The aluminum windscreen provides a base, with folding legs, that holds the burner, and provides a protective wind buffer for the flames. The windscreen also provides a reflective heat shield for the resting surface located under the legs, and is used to dissipate the internal heat for quick cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Inventor: John Leo Paul, III
  • Patent number: 6981497
    Abstract: A portable cooking apparatus is provided comprising a fire bowl comprising an exterior undersurface and an internal chamber; a lid removably engagable with the fire bowl; and a stand to be locatable against the exterior undersurface of the fire bowl for support during a usage position, and during a non-use position, the stand is situated atop the lid while the lid is situated atop the fire bowl to thereby enclose the internal chamber of the fire bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Original Ideas, Inc
    Inventor: Robert DeMars
  • Patent number: 6976485
    Abstract: The present invention provides a barbecue grill assembly with a grill body having a firebox and a cover and a burner element. The firebox is supported on a frame structure having a first frame member assembly and a second frame member assembly. The frame assemblies are secured together by combination of at least one cross member secured to the upper portion and being secured to the firebox at a lower region, without the need for additional cross members at the lower region. The invention further provides a frame with pivoting shelves secured to the frame, adapted to move from a use position to a storage position within the grill cooking chamber. The present invention further provides a frame assembly having a lateral slot for receiving and supporting a heat shield positioned below the firebox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: Mark Johnson, Adrian A. Bruno, Robert DeMars
  • Patent number: 6957649
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a frame with an upper section for holding a pot and a lower surface for resting upon an underlying support surface. The frame has a burner element that can be a nozzle tube having a commercially available burner nozzle for generating a cooking flame during use. The nozzle can be fueled with propane, butane or the like using a commercially available tank, regulator and supply hose. The frame can include upper and lower rings, the lower ring providing the lower surface and the upper ring having pot support members for holding the bottom of a pot. One or more heat shields positioned below the flame during use lessen heat transfer from the flame to the underlying support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Inventor: Norman Bourgeois
  • Patent number: 6955327
    Abstract: A wire chafing stand including a rim of wire steel in a substantially rectangular configuration, lateral sides and a longitudinal axis extending from the lateral sides and a pair of wire legs pivotally connected to the rim for permitting the wire legs to fold relative to the frame in order to adjust the chafing stand into a closed position with the chafing stand forming a narrow lateral profile for transportation or storage or with the chafing stand folded into an open position for heating preheated foods in a chafing dish. Each of the wire legs is pivotally connected to the rim through a hinge pin assembly permitting each pair of wire legs to pivot outwardly in opposite directions with each leg establishing a fixed position at an inclined angle of less than 90 degrees relative to the rim when the wire chafing stand is folded into an open position such that the legs will stand firmly on any level surface and the chafing stand will not unintentionally collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Skvorecz
  • Patent number: 6941943
    Abstract: A chafing dish for rapidly bringing catered food items up to the temperatures required for safe food handling and optimal flavor enhancement, and even heating of the food items thereafter without a constant monitoring of the flame height. The invention utilizes butane gas as a heat source and a burner control mechanism with a butane burner integrated into the base of a chafing dish, a bracket to hold a butane can securely in place, an engaging apparatus to start the flow of butane from the butane can to the burner, a copper tube to transport butane from the butane can to the burner, an electronic ignition switch and insulated wiring to ignite the butane at the burner, a burner control mechanism and regulator to regulate the flow of butane to the burner for the purpose of allowing a range of flame height and temperature, and a series of ventilation holes in the base of the chafing dish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Inventors: John Edward Cahill, Theodore Hammerman
  • Patent number: 6929002
    Abstract: A container for heating equipment allows the equipment to be stored in a safe and secure environment, and to be easily transported to a wide variety of locations for use. The container is also used to support at least a portion of the equipment during the operation of the equipment. In particular, the container is preferably used with heating equipment such as portable water heaters, portable showers, and portable tent heaters. Advantageously, the body of the container is capable of storing water for the portable water heaters and portable showers, and the lid of the container is capable of retaining the portable water heater, shower or tent heater in the generally upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: TAPC, LLC
    Inventor: Trevor Adrian
  • Patent number: 6910476
    Abstract: The present invention provides a barbecue grill assembly with a grill body having a firebox and a cover and a burner element. The firebox is supported on a frame structure having a first frame member assembly and a second frame member assembly. The frame assemblies are secured together by combination of at least one cross member secured to the upper portion and being secured to the firebox at a lower region, without the need for additional cross members at the lower region. The invention further provides a frame with pivoting shelves secured to the frame, adapted to move from a use position to a storage position withing the grill cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: Mark Johnson, Adrian A. Bruno, Robert DeMars
  • Patent number: 6851419
    Abstract: A portable hiking or camping stove, having a base member with an opening dimensioned to receive a burner therein; and three side members dimensioned so as to be assembled together to support the base member therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Inventor: Scott Reiner
  • Publication number: 20040250807
    Abstract: A portable hiking or camping stove, having a base member with an opening dimensioned to receive a burner therein; and three side members dimensioned so as to be assembled together to support the base member therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Scott Reiner
  • Publication number: 20040244790
    Abstract: A barbeque assembly including a support structure for a barbeque grill housing that may be easily and quickly assembled. Assembly of the support structure may be completed with few or no tools. The support structure includes first (62) and second support (64) members for supporting the grill housing (74) in a generally horizontal orientation, and a cross beam (66). A manually installable connector (200) is used to manually connect the cross beam (66) at a first end to the first support member (62) and to manually connect the cross beam (66) at a second end to the second support member (64). The first and second support members (62, 64) and connection member (66) preferably form a substantially rigid structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Stuart T. McKenzie, Sydney Richard Barkhouse
  • Patent number: 6827078
    Abstract: A collapsible wind shield and food warmer for portable rectangular tabletop gas grills is made of sheet metal, adjustable to fit most rectangular portable gas grills. Wind shield fits along the side of the grill between the legs and the body of the grill, with a freestanding door on one end. A sheet metal tray slides under the grill. Shield is approximately 3½″ tall and 14½″ long. The device deflects the wind away from underneath the grill preventing the gas burner from being blown out and increasing the inside temperature of the grill. The pan underneath the grill is used for keeping food hot, for warming buns or other foods, and for cooking on the grate. Wind shield collapses to fit inside warming pan for easy storage on the grate of the grill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Inventor: Oscar Landon Price
  • Publication number: 20040194774
    Abstract: A collapsible barbecue apparatus includes a base housing a fuel supply. First and second wings are pivotally attached to the base and movable between a closed position wherein the wings face one another, and an open position wherein the wings are generally co-planar with one another. Each wing includes a grill cooking surface and an underlying gas burner. First and second supports are movable from a retracted position adjacent to the base to extended positions for supporting the first and second wings, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Tim M. Nugent, Chris W. Glupker, Lance G. Hussey, Ravi K. Sawhney, Kurt G. Botsai, Val Kalyuzhny
  • Patent number: 6792935
    Abstract: Combination cooking grills and thermal chests are provided. One such combination includes a thermal chest that defines an interior and which includes an opening communicating with and providing access to the interior. The combination also includes a grill that defines a cooking interior and which incorporates a grilling surface mounted within the cooking interior. A repositioning assembly is mounted to the thermal chest. The grill is movable, via the repositioning assembly, between a lowered position in which the grill limits access to the interior of the thermal chest via the opening, and a raised position in which the grill is spaced from the thermal chest such that access to the interior of the thermal chest is provided via the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: W. C. Bradley Company
    Inventors: Ben Williams, John Duncan McNair, Tomas Matusaitis, Jeff Condon, Bruce John Morgan
  • Patent number: 6755187
    Abstract: A portable grill having a rectangular structural foam base and a structural foam pillar defining the outside of the grill. A metal collar is mounted on the pillar with a ceramic insulating gasket and a metal heat shield in contact with the gasket and collar. Aluminum bottom and top shells enclose the burner. At least one shelf bracket is on the bottom shell with a structural foam side table mounted thereon. The preferred foamed polymer has a flexural modulus of over 150,000 psi and a hardness of over 80 Rockwell Hardness R. The pillar and base have ribs aligned to resist bending or flexing. The preferred gasket is formed from ceramic material capable of resisting a temperature of at least 1800° F. during continuous use. The grill can operate at full combustion for at least eight hours for at least six consecutive days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: The Great Outdoors Grill Company
    Inventors: James E. Harrod, Wesley H. Ogden
  • Publication number: 20040112364
    Abstract: The present invention provides a barbecue grill assembly with a grill body having a firebox and a cover and a burner element. The firebox is supported on a frame structure having a first frame member assembly and a second frame member assembly. The frame assemblies are secured together by combination of at least one cross member secured to the upper portion and being secured to the firebox at a lower region, without the need for additional cross members at the lower region. The invention further provides a frame with pivoting shelves secured to the frame, adapted to move from a use position to a storage position withing the grill cooking chamber. The present invention further provides a frame assembly having a lateral slot for receiving and supporting a heat shield positioned below the firebox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Johnson, Adrian A. Bruno, Robert DeMars
  • Publication number: 20040099258
    Abstract: A collapsible wind shield and food warmer for portable rectangular tabletop gas grills is made of sheet metal, adjustable to fit most rectangular portable gas grills. Wind shield fits along the side of the grill between the legs and the body of the grill, with a freestanding door on one end. A sheet metal tray slides under the grill. Shield is approximately 3½″ tall and 14½″ long. The device deflects the wind away from underneath the grill preventing the gas burner from being blown out and increasing the inside temperature of the grill. The pan underneath the grill is used for keeping food hot, for warming buns or other foods, and for cooking on the grate. Wind shield collapses to fit inside warming pan for easy storage on the grate of the grill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Oscar Landon Price
  • Patent number: 6739329
    Abstract: A barbecue device includes a support unit with opposite first and second connecting rods that interconnect U-shaped first and second support members, and a cook unit supported removably on horizontal bars of the support members. The support unit is turnable upside-down, and confines a receiving space which opens upwardly when turned upside-down for receiving the cook unit therein. A looped retainer frame is pivoted to the second connecting rod, and engages releasably the first connecting rod. The retainer frame is turnable away from and toward the horizontal bars for moving between an open position, in which the cook unit can be placed in the receiving space, and a closed position, in which the retainer frame engages releasably the first connecting rod for retaining the cook unit in the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Tsann Kuen USA Inc.
    Inventor: Tsan-Kuen Wu
  • Patent number: 6739330
    Abstract: A barbeque stand for supporting a cook top, having a base made substantially of foam, having a base top, a base bottom, and a cutout extending downward from the base top and having cutout sides and a cutout bottom. Fireproof boards extend against the base top, the cutout sides and the cutout bottom. Slots extend longitudinally parallel and adjacent to the base top, the cutout sides, and the cutout bottom. Inserts extend through the slots and are sized to fit snugly therein. The fireproof boards are anchored to the foam base by securing the fireproof boards to the inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Inventor: Stephen Ross
  • Patent number: 6725856
    Abstract: A portable gas-fired cook stove is provided with readily assembled and disassembled legs, which facilitates shipping and storage of the cook stove. The legs are fastened to the stove body through a simple but very strong connection, which is capable of supporting loads well in excess of the weight of the cooking pot, food items, and cooking liquid. The cook stove can be disassembled and packaged with a nested cooking pot in a reduced-volume carton to reduce the space occupied by the carton during shipping and display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Barbour International, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney A. Barbour, Wayne Alvin Neal
  • Patent number: 6718967
    Abstract: A wok support for use in a wok range incorporates a refractory insulating material into its structure. The wok support includes a tubular support structure having internal space in its wall. The refractory insulating material is disposed in the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: P. F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.
    Inventor: Harold Edward Scott Luther
  • Publication number: 20040045542
    Abstract: A portable outdoor stove is provided which includes a burner primarily comprising an outer and inner pieces bolted tightly to form a small gas/air mixture chamber for accepting and maintaining high pressure gaseous fuel, a wind guard of cylinder shape capable of tightly coupled with a cooking vessel and possessing window opening of less than 180° toward its top for exhaust outlet, adjustable means for supporting the burner and positioning flame from burner onto bottom of cooking vessel and supporting means for the wind guard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Dongsheng Zhou, Michael W. Loth
  • Patent number: 6698335
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus enables a user to cook bu boiling, steaming or frying food items. The apparatus includes a burner having a base that is specially shaped to cradle a pot. The pot has a valved flowline that enables the user to drain any fluid that was used for cooking (eg. water, oil, seasoned water, stock, etc.). An upper section above the support surface of the burner for engaging the sidewall of the pot should the pot be tipped inadvertently. The burner includes upper members that are supported above the bottom of the pot and a lower member that engages an underlying supporting surface. The upper pot support members include a ring with a bent, U-shaped section that extends on opposite sides of and under the valved drain flowline. The burner frame can have a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially extending legs. Radial and circumferentially spaced struts define part of the frame and are shaped and cradle the bottom of the pot and its sidewall respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: Norman R. Bourgeois
  • Publication number: 20040025861
    Abstract: A gas grill assembly comprises a cooker adapted to operate on fuel supplied at a first fuel pressure. A grill is disposed substantially adjacent the cooker. The grill comprises a firebox and at least one burner disposed within the firebox. The burner is adapted to operate on fuel supplied at a second fuel pressure. A fuel supply is adapted to supply fuel to the cooker and to the burner. The fuel supply supplies fuel at a fuel supply pressure. The fuel supply pressure is converted to the first fuel pressure and the second fuel pressure for operation of the cooker and the grill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: W. C. BRADLEY COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Johnston, James P. Jollay
  • Patent number: 6684877
    Abstract: A barbecue device includes front and rear leg members disposed under and pivoted to a support plate. The leg members are pivotable relative to the support plate for moving between a first position, in which lower ends of the leg members are moved away from each other, and a second position, in which the lower ends of the leg members are moved toward each other. A cook unit is disposed removably on the support plate. The support plate and the leg members cooperatively define an accommodating space thereamong for receiving the cook unit when the cook unit is removed from the support plate. A retaining unit is mounted on one of the leg members, and engages releasably the other one of the leg members for retaining the leg members at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Tsann Kuen USA Inc.
    Inventor: Tsan-Kuen Wu
  • Patent number: 6637426
    Abstract: A barbeque grill arrangement is provided having a grill unit removably mounted on a rack which attaches to an exterior vehicle wall to form a stable grill support solely by the vehicle connection. At least part of that connection can utilize a standard indoor/outdoor stove support bracket. The rack maintains all elements of the grill at least predetermined distance from the vehicle wall, sufficient to avoid heat-induced damage to the wall. The grill is connectable to the same fuel supply as is used by an interior stove. Grill heat is vented away from the vehicle. A cover stop is mounted within the cover hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventor: R. Stephen Champlin
  • Publication number: 20030192525
    Abstract: A chafing dish having a depending shelf of unique configurations so as to receive a conventional heating unit in sufficiently retained relationship to make the assemblage easily asportable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventor: Jose Ruiseco
  • Publication number: 20030188732
    Abstract: A gas grill burner apparatus is provided that fits within barbecue grill cooking chambers of varied configurations and sizes. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a gas grill burner apparatus includes a center manifold configured to form two hollow gas tubes, the gas tubes being substantially parallel. The gas grill burner apparatus also includes first and second C-shaped hollow gas tube end portions slideably engaged within opposing ends of the parallel hollow gas tubes. The apparatus further includes a center grease tent mounted atop the center manifold and first and second telescoping grease tent members mated with the center grease tent. The telescoping grease tent members are configured to move laterally with the first and second gas tube end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Andrew W. Kahler, Chris Cantrell
  • Patent number: 6619280
    Abstract: The burner possesses set of holes capable of directing high pressure combustion flame toward a upper center point concentrating heating power, extremely suitable for heating the bottom of a wok or any round bottom cooking vessel. With an adapter, another set of holes is capable of producing upward and outward spreading flame for flat bottom type cooking vessels. A protection guard can be put around the first wind guard preventing an operator accidentally touching the wind guard during cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventors: Dongsheng Zhou, Michael W. Loth
  • Patent number: 6606987
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus is provided comprising a fire bowl having an internal chamber, a grill located within the internal chamber and at least one shelf pivotally mounted to the fire bowl. The shelf is movable between a stowage position within the fire bowl to a usage position located externally of the fire bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Original Ideas
    Inventor: Robert A. DeMars
  • Patent number: 6598598
    Abstract: An improved charcoal grill having a cool base assembly for preventing burns and damage to a table top, comprising a casing with a refractory mass, below which is an upper free air space established by insulators, and a lower free air space created by a base plate having feet or openings. One version comprises a convex shaped grill part. Another version comprises an air diffuser to speed charcoal briquet ignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Inventor: Nicolas Bratsikas
  • Publication number: 20030106546
    Abstract: A barbecue device includes front and rear leg members disposed under and pivoted to a support plate. The leg members are pivotable relative to the support plate for moving between a first position, in which lower ends of the leg members are moved away from each other, and a second position, in which the lower ends of the leg members are moved toward each other. A cook unit is disposed removably on the support plate. The support plate and the leg members cooperatively define an accommodating space thereamong for receiving the cook unit when the cook unit is removed from the support plate. A retaining unit is mounted on one of the leg members, and engages releasably the other one of the leg members for retaining the leg members at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Tsann Kuen U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Tsan-Kuen Wu
  • Patent number: 6575154
    Abstract: A gas-fired, infrared, food warmer having a gas-fired, infrared, burner adjustably mounted above a surface for supporting food. A reflector encloses the burner and is open at the bottom to expose the food supporting surface to the infrared heat directly from the burner and indirectly from the reflector. A heat shield surrounds the top, sides and ends of the reflector in spaced relation and a perforated protective cover surrounds the top, sides and ends of the heat shield in spaced relation thereto. A gas canister is exchangeably mounted in a housing on the warmer for portability therewith in supplying gas to the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Inventors: Raymond Robert Freeman, Jr., Raymond Robert Freeman, III
  • Publication number: 20030101982
    Abstract: A barbecue device includes a support unit with opposite first and second connecting rods that interconnect U-shaped first and second support members, and a cook unit supported removably on horizontal bars of the support members. The support unit is turnable upside-down, and confines a receiving space which opens upwardly when turned upside-down for receiving the cook unit therein. A looped retainer frame is pivoted to the second connecting rod, and engages releasably the first connecting rod. The retainer frame is turnable away from and toward the horizontal bars for moving between an open position, in which the cook unit can be placed in the receiving space, and a closed position, in which the retainer frame engages releasably the first connecting rod for retaining the cook unit in the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Tsan-Kuen Wu
  • Publication number: 20030094170
    Abstract: A portable grill having a rectangular structural foam base and a structural foam pillar defining the outside of the grill. A metal collar is mounted on the pillar with a ceramic insulating gasket and a metal heat shield in contact with the gasket and collar. Aluminum bottom and top shells enclose the burner. At least one shelf bracket is on the bottom shell with a structural foam side table mounted thereon. The preferred foamed polymer has a flexural modulus of over 150,000 psi and a hardness of over 80 Rockwell Hardness R. The pillar and base have ribs aligned to resist bending or flexing. The preferred gasket is formed from ceramic material capable of resisting a temperature of at least 1800° F. during continuous use. The grill can operate at full combustion for at least eight hours for at least six consecutive days.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: James E. Harrod, Wesley H. Ogden
  • Publication number: 20030094171
    Abstract: A portable cooking grill includes a substantially hollow pillar made from structural foam polymer mounted to a base. The top end of the pillar is coupled to a bottom shell where combustion takes place to cook food. A thermal insulator is disposed between the bottom shell and the top end of the pillar to protect the pillar from damage caused by heat generated by the combustion in the bottom shell. The structural foam pillar makes the grill light, easy to clean and maintain, and less costly to produce. The result is a grill that is very attractive and very durable, yet affordable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: James E. Harrod, Wesley H. Ogden, Raymond A. Caddy, Michael L. Kidwell
  • Publication number: 20030079737
    Abstract: A barbecue grill assembly includes a grill member disposed in a cooking base. The cooking base has left and right side walls extending upwardly from a bottom wall. Atop cover is disposed on a top side of the cooking base for covering the cooking base. A side rack has one end portion pivoted to one of the left and right side walls of the cooking base. The side rack is turnable inwardly into the cooking base for moving to a folded position, and is further turnable outwardly from the cooking base for moving to an unfolded position. A fastening unit fastens releasably the top cover and the cooking base when the side rack is disposed at the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Tsann Kuen USA Inc.
    Inventor: Tsan-Kuen Wu
  • Publication number: 20030034025
    Abstract: Combination cooking grills and thermal chests are provided. One such combination includes a thermal chest that defines an interior and which includes an opening communicating with and providing access to the interior. The combination also includes a grill that defines a cooking interior and which incorporates a grilling surface mounted within the cooking interior. A repositioning assembly is mounted to the thermal chest. The grill is movable, via the repositioning assembly, between a lowered position in which the grill limits access to the interior of the thermal chest via the opening, and a raised position in which the grill is spaced from the thermal chest such that access to the interior of the thermal chest is provided via the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: W. C. BRADLEY COMPANY
    Inventors: Ben Williams, John Duncan McNair, Tomas Matusaitis, Jeff Condon, Bruce John Morgan
  • Patent number: 6520173
    Abstract: A portable solid-fuel burning camp-stove with a unique air supply system that allows for sufficient thermal power output to facilitate cooking while keeping the size of the combustion chamber small enough to allow for acceptable packing weight for backcountry hiking. Pack stoves powered by gas or liquid fuels have the major disadvantages of the need to bring fuel and limited fuel supply. Solid fuel stoves have the advantage of being able to use fuel straight from nature in the form of wood, there is no need to carry fuel, generally these stoves are too heavy for backpacking since they need a large combustion chamber which makes these stoves to heavy for back packing. This invention allows for adequate combustion in an acceptably small chamber by blowing additional air into the combustion chamber for a higher combustion rate. The air is blown in by mouth through a hose and nozzle arrangement, thereby eliminating the need for extra air-pump hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Martin Lautner
  • Publication number: 20030029435
    Abstract: An apparatus and mechanism providing a plurality of individual gas burners for use in a grill, each individual gas burner with its own gas supply line, and the individual gas burners connected such that by igniting one individual gas burner, the remaining individual gas burners may be ignited if desired. In the preferred embodiment, the individual gas burners may also include removable covers, wherein the covers may serve to protect the individual gas burners. In the preferred embodiment, the removable covers may be used to hold wood chips or other material that may be used to smoke or add flavor to items cooking in the grill, or may be removed and not used with the individual gas burner if desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Johnston, Ben Williams
  • Publication number: 20030029437
    Abstract: The present invention provides a barbecue grill assembly comprising an upper assembly and a lower assembly, the upper assembly adapted to receive a cooking chamber. The grill assembly further comprises at least one projection on one of either the lower assembly or the upper assembly, and at least one receiver on the other of said lower assembly or said upper assembly. The projection and the receiver are cooperatively dimensioned such that the projection is received by the receiver. The projection having a first portion and a second portion wherein the first portion is adapted to be biased into contact with an inner surface of the receiver. The barbecue grill assembly includes a lateral assembly, positioned proximate the upper assembly. The lateral assembly is adapted to receive an auxiliary work surface or a cooking burner. The upper, lower, and lateral assemblies are each formed from a plurality of tubular frame members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Robert T. Stephen, Ewald Sieg, Adrian A. Bruno, Daniel S. Choi
  • Patent number: 6513515
    Abstract: A barbecue grill assembly includes a cook unit and a casing. The cook unit has a cooking base, a grill member disposed in the cooking base, a top cover, and a handle formed on the top cover. The casing includes front and rear casing parts that have first edges hinged to each other, and second edges fastened releasably to each other by a pair of fastening units. The casing is formed with two handle openings at the second edges, and is mounted with a wheel unit and a pull member above the wheel unit. The casing confines a receiving space for receiving the cook unit. The handle on the cook unit is extendible through the handle openings. The pull member is operable for pulling the casing to move along a ground surface by virtue of rolling contact of the wheel unit with the ground surface. The casing is adapted to be disposed uprightly on a ground surface for supporting the cook unit thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Tsann Kuen USA Inc.
    Inventor: Tsan-Kuen Wu
  • Patent number: 6505620
    Abstract: A gas cooking stove is disclosed to which a very-small gas cylinder is joined in a one-touch manner and the state of joining is reliably maintained. When the gas cooking stove is used, the gas cooking stove can stably be installed. When the gas cooking stove is not used, the overall size can be reduced to save the space. Thus, the operability, safety and the portability can be improved. A valve mechanism, an operation member for opening/closing the valve mechanism and a piezoelectric spark unit are provided. Moreover, a stove body is provided which has an upper portion to which a dish is joined and a lower portion provided with a gas-cylinder joining portion to which a gas cylinder is joined. A grate is rotatively supported by the dish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Toho Metal Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Goto
  • Publication number: 20030000516
    Abstract: A foldable supporting frame, comprising left and right supporting rods and a connecting rod in the middle; the supporting rods and the connecting rod can be pivotally connected. When folded, the supporting rods can be superposed on the connecting rod, forming a folded structure occupying limited space. When stretching the foldable supporting frame, the user only needs to stretch the supporting rods pivoted by the connecting pivots toward the two sides, thus the foldable supporting frame can be fully stretched and ready to be used. A grill body can be placed on top of the foldable supporting frame of the present invention, forming a grill with foldable supporting frame. The foldable supporting frame of the present invention, after using, can be fully folded through procedures in reverse of the aforementioned procedures for stretching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Test Rite International Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Hui Hsu, Shan-Pao Chu