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US 4,924,846 AGranted
Decorator barbecue grill with fabric panel assembly
AssigneeThermos L.L.C.
InventorsDale Peacock, Doyle Raymer
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Abstract
The barbecue grill has a fabric-covered panel for concealing the fuel container. The fabric is stretched across a frame and held in place by pressing the fabric into a longitudinally extending groove to form a convolution in the fabric into which a spline is pressed to hold the fabric in place. By removal of the spline, the fabric panel can be removed and replaced to allow the user to decoratively coordinate the appearance of the barbecue grill with outdoor lawn furniture or the like.
Claims7
A decorator barbecue grill comprising:
- a stand having a lower mounting portion and an upper mounting portion;
- a burner housing structure disposed on said upper mounting portion having a burner disposed therein;
- a fuel container disposed on said lower mounting portion and coupled to said burner for supplying fuel to said burner for combustion;
- a panel supported by said stand and positioned to at least partially conceal said fuel container;
- said panel comprising a generally rectangular frame having a first face and a second face, said first face defining an exterior edge and said second face having a longitudinally extending groove;
- a fabric stretched across said first face of said frame and around said exterior edge, a portion of said fabric overlying said second face and pressed into said longitudinally extending groove to define a convolution of said fabric;
- a resilient tubular spline pressed into said convolution to thereby hold said fabric on said frame.
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