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US 11,910,954 B2Granted
Cover or lid counterbalance assembly
AssigneeWeber Knapp Company
InventorDaniel Mark Graham
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Abstract
A lid counterbalance assembly for a grill, the grill including a lid and a base, the lid counterbalance assembly including a pulley assembly including at least one pulley, the pulley assembly rotatably connected to the base, a spring connected to the pulley assembly via a first line, and a second line including a first end connected to the pulley assembly and a second end connected to the lid, wherein the second end is rotatable and translatable with respect to the lid.
Claims15
A lid counterbalance assembly for a grill, the grill including a lid and a base, the lid counterbalance assembly comprising:
- a pulley assembly including at least one pulley, the pulley assembly rotatably connected to the base;
- a spring connected to the pulley assembly via a first line;
- a second line comprising a first end connected to the pulley assembly and a second end connected to the lid, wherein the second end is rotatable and translatable with respect to the lid;
- a lockout bracket operatively arranged to engage the pulley assembly to prevent displacement of the pulley assembly in a first circumferential direction;
- and
- wherein the pulley assembly further comprises a radially outward extending lobe operatively arranged to displace the lockout bracket in the first circumferential direction.
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A grill assembly, comprising:
- a base;
- a lid hingedly connected to the base;
- and,
- a counterbalance assembly, including:
- a pulley assembly rotatably connected to the base, the pulley assembly comprising:
- a first pulley;
- and,
- a second pulley non-rotatably connected to the first pulley;
- a spring connected to the first pulley via a first line, the spring biasing the pulley assembly in a first circumferential direction;
- a second line comprising a first end connected to the second pulley and a second end connected to the lid, wherein the second end is rotatable and translatable with respect to the lid;
- a lockout bracket operatively arranged to engage a radially extending catch of the pulley assembly to prevent displacement of the pulley assembly in the first circumferential direction;
- and
- a radially outward extending lobe operatively arranged to displace the lockout bracket in the first circumferential direction to disengage the catch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.