Fire cooking grill
OwnerMark J. Flickinventor
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Abstract
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.
Claims13
A fire cooking grill comprising:
- 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;
- a retainer selectively retaining the arm in one of a plurality of available angles about the first axis, wherein the retainer comprises:
- an arcuate band having detents therealong;
- and a pin carried by the arm for insertion into a selected one of the detents, wherein the pin is movable between a detent engaging position and a detent withdrawn position, and wherein the fire cooking grill further comprise a bias resiliently biasing the pin towards the detent engaging position;
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- a rod coupled to the pin and having a longitudinal dimension extending along the arm, the rod including a handle to facilitate pulling of the rod to move the pin against the bias to move the pin to the detent withdrawn position.
A fire cooking grill comprising:
- a vertical support portion;
- a turning portion coupled to the vertical support portion to rotate about a vertical axis;
- a cooking platform;
- a link pivotably coupled at a first end of the link to the turning portion and at a second end of the link to the cooking platform;
- an arm pivotably coupled at a first portion of the arm to the cooking platform and at a second portion of the arm to the turning portion, wherein the turning portion, the cooking platform, the arm and the link form a four bar linkage such that pivotal movement of the arm vertically moves the cooking platform while an orientation of the cooking platform is maintained;
- a retaining mechanism to inhibit pivoting movement of the arm to retain the cooking platform at a selected height, wherein the retaining mechanism comprises:
- an arcuate band having detents therealong;
- and a pin carried by the arm for insertion into a selected one of the detents, wherein the pin is movable between a detent engaging position and a detent withdrawn position, and wherein the fire cooking grill further comprise a bias resiliently biasing the pin towards the detent engaging position;
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- a rod coupled to the pin and having a longitudinal dimension extending along the arm, the rod including a handle to facilitate pulling of the rod to move the pin against the bias to move the pin to the detent withdrawn position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.