US 5,626,126 A · Transportable barbeque apparatus

Abstract

The apparatus is multifunctional in that it can be transported, readily and safely, from place to place by means of a vehicle. The transportable barbecue apparatus is detachably attachable to a land vehicle having connection means at the rear thereof, such as a receiver hitch on the rear bumper. The apparatus comprises a barbecue cooker and an support arm, most preferably an articulated support arm, having an inner end portion whereby the arm can be detachably secured at its inner end portion to the connection means so that the apparatus is held above ground level at the rear of the vehicle. Preferably, when the arm is detachably secured in this manner, the arm projects rearwardly from the vehicle in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the rear bumper. The apparatus, supported by the arm, can be utilized with a stand whereby it becomes a stand alone barbecue cooker.

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Dependent claims

Transportable barbecue apparatus for detachable attachment to a land vehicle having a rear transverse member having connection means thereon, said apparatus comprising a barbecue cooker and an articulated support arm having an inner end portion and an outer end portion, said arm (i) adapted to be detachably secured at its inner end portion to said connection means and (ii) secured or adapted to be detachably secured at its outer end portion to said cooker, wherein:

1) said arm comprises (a) a first segment having said inner end portion and a back end portion, (b) a second segment having said outer end portion and a front end portion, and (c) a channel affixed to said first segment proximate the back end portion thereof to extend upwardly and rearwardly at an angle from the vertical to receive and detachably secure said second segment proximate the front end portion thereof in at lease one upwardly extending position:
and
2) said articulated arm when detachably secured to said connection means and to said cooker extends rearwardly in a planar zone substantially perpendicular to said transverse member thereby securing said cooker in a preselected position above the land and spaced apart from said vehicle.

Transportable barbecue apparatus for detachable attachment to a land vehicle having a rear transverse member having connection means thereon, said apparatus comprising (A) a barbecue cooker;

(B) an articulated support arm having an inner end portion and an outer end portion, said arm (i) adapted to be detachably secured at its inner end portion to said connection means and (ii) secured or adapted to be detachably secured at its outer end portion to said cooker, wherein said articulated arm when detachably secured to said connection means and to said cooker extends rearwardly in a planar zone substantially perpendicular to said transverse member thereby securing said cooker in a preselected position above the land and spaced apart from said vehicle;
and (C) a support stand detachably attachable to said articulated arm to enable use of said cooker as a free standing unit when said arm is not secured to said rear transverse member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Transportable barbeque apparatus

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Transportable barbeque apparatus

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Abstract

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